The present disclosure provides a high temperature, flame resistant and flexible coating composition based on alkali silicate and fluoropolymers. The coating can be used to bond a surface of a non-woven mat and seal the edges. The coating composition can be applied using a coating method on the surface and the edges of, for example, an inorganic fiber based non-woven mat.

A polyimide precursor solution includes: a polyimide precursor; polyester resin particles containing a polyester resin and having a volume average particle diameter of from 3 μm to 50 μm inclusive and an average circularity of 0.970 or more; and a solvent.

Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by melt-kneading an ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer rubber (A) that is a copolymer of ethylene, an α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and a non-conjugated polyene, a polyolefin resin (B), and a mineral oil-based softening agent (C) in the presence of an organic peroxide (D) and a crosslinking aid (E), the thermoplastic elastomer composition having a shear viscosity of from 5 Pa.Math.s to 20 Pa.Math.s at 140° C. and 10,000 s.sup.−1.

A polyolefin material that is formed by solid state drawing of a thermoplastic composition containing a continuous phase that includes a polyolefin matrix polymer and nanoinclusion additive is provided. The nanoinclusion additive is dispersed within the continuous phase as discrete nano-scale phase domains. When drawn, the nano-scale phase domains are able to interact with the matrix in a unique manner to create a network of nanopores.

Polymeric films, which may be adhesive films, and display devices including such polymeric films, wherein a polymeric film includes: a first polymeric layer having two major surfaces, wherein the first polymeric layer includes a first polymeric matrix and particles. The first polymeric layer includes: a first polymeric matrix having a refractive index n.sub.1; and particles having a refractive index n.sub.2 uniformly dispersed within the first polymeric matrix; wherein the particles are present in an amount of less than 30 vol-%, based on the volume of the first polymeric layer, and have a particle size range of 400 nanometers (nm) to 3000 nm; and wherein n.sub.1 is different than n.sub.2.

The present invention relates to an ophthalmic lens which efficiently absorbs light rays without degradation of the light-absorbing additive, said ophthalmic lens comprising a composite matrix, a catalyst, a UV absorber and at least one light-absorbing additive contained in nanoparticles which are dispersed in said allyl monomer or allyl oligomer.

Thermoplastic vulcanizate compositions and articles exhibiting superior elastomeric performance and adhesive properties, and methods of making same are characterized by comprising a thermoplastic phase and a rubber phase. The thermoplastic phase comprises a thermoplastic polyolefin, and the rubber phase comprises an amorphous propylene-ethylene copolymer having: a M.sub.n of from 20 kg/mol to 3,000 kg/mol, a M.sub.w/M.sub.n of 10.0 or lower, an ethylene percentage by weight of from about 2 wt. % to about 50 wt. %, a diene percentage by weight of from about 0 wt. % to about 21 wt. % and a heat of fusion of less than 5 J/g.

An example charging member has a surface layer including a binder resin, first particles, and second particles, the first and second particles being dispersed in the binder resin, the first particles include acrylic resin particles having an average particle diameter of about 16 μm to about 35 μm, and the second particles include spherical silica particles having an average particle diameter of about 3 μm to about 10 μm. The content of the first particles is in a range of about 5 parts by weight to about 20 parts by weight and when a mass of the first particles is M1 and a mass of the second particles M2, the condition of 0.2≤M1/(M1+M2)≤0.8 is satisfied.

An example charging member has a surface layer including a binder resin, first particles, and second particles, the first and second particles being dispersed in the binder resin, the first particles include acrylic resin particles having an average particle diameter of about 16 μm to about 35 μm, and the second particles include spherical silica particles having an average particle diameter of about 3 μm to about 10 μm. The content of the first particles is in a range of about 5 parts by weight to about 20 parts by weight and when a mass of the first particles is M1 and a mass of the second particles M2, the condition of 0.2≤M1/(M1+M2)≤0.8 is satisfied.

The embodiments described herein generally relate to an electronic communication module suitable for incorporating into a tire or tire retread, where the electronic communication module comprises a radio device having at least a portion of its outer surface surrounded by a rubber composition. Certain embodiments also relate to tires or tire retreads containing the electronic communication module. In addition, certain embodiments relate to methods for improving the readability of a radio device incorporated into a tire or tire retread.