A tire can deliver improved on-ice performance with a reduced rolling resistance. The tire includes a foam rubber layer in a tread that comes into contact with a road surface, wherein a foaming ratio of the foam rubber layer is in a range from 3% to 50%, a rubber composition forming the foam rubber layer includes ethylene-vinylalcohol copolymer fiber coated with a resin having affinity for a rubber component, and the rubber composition forming the foam rubber layer includes 5 to 30 parts by mass at least one type of inorganic compound powder with respect to 100 parts by mass the rubber component, the inorganic compound powder having an average particle diameter greater than or equal to 10 m and expressed by the following general formula (I).
M.xSiO.sub.2.yH.sub.2O(I)

A tire can deliver improved on-ice performance with a reduced rolling resistance. The tire includes a foam rubber layer in a tread that comes into contact with a road surface, wherein a foaming ratio of the foam rubber layer is in a range from 3% to 50%, a rubber composition forming the foam rubber layer includes ethylene-vinylalcohol copolymer fiber coated with a resin having affinity for a rubber component, and the rubber composition forming the foam rubber layer includes 5 to 30 parts by mass at least one type of inorganic compound powder with respect to 100 parts by mass the rubber component, the inorganic compound powder having an average particle diameter greater than or equal to 10 m and expressed by the following general formula (I).
M.xSiO.sub.2.yH.sub.2O(I)

The present invention pertains to polymer compositions for extrusion coating of metal sheets, to a method of producing a coated metal sheet using such a polymer composition, to coated metal sheets obtainable in such a method, and to the use of such coated metal sheets for the production of food or beverage containers, preferably beverage cans.

Disclosed herein are polycannabinoids and polycannabinoid compositions which find use as a commodity polymer and for commodity electronics. Suitable uses include coatings and paints. Polycannabinoids can be used as polymer dielectrics for capacitors and capacitive energy storage. Also disclosed are new electrochromic materials comprising polycannabinoids and a salt. Further disclosed are electrochromic devices prepared from the electrochromic materials and electrochromic material compositions.

Disclosed herein are polycannabinoids and polycannabinoid compositions which find use as a commodity polymer and for commodity electronics. Suitable uses include coatings and paints. Polycannabinoids can be used as polymer dielectrics for capacitors and capacitive energy storage. Also disclosed are new electrochromic materials comprising polycannabinoids and a salt. Further disclosed are electrochromic devices prepared from the electrochromic materials and electrochromic material compositions.

According to one example, forming a deposition layer on a magnesium alloy substrate and forming a cured coating on the deposition layer, where the cured coating is cured by ultra-violet radiation, heat at a cure temperature in a range from 60 C. to 140 C., or combinations thereof.

We describe a new approach to fabricate polymeric materials with surface structures for applications as anti-reflective, anti-icing, superhydrophobic, superhydrophilic, de-wetting, and self-cleaning coatings. In some variations, a surface-textured layer comprises first microdomains and second microdomains each containing polymerized cross-linkable photomonomer, where the first microdomains have a higher average cross-link density than that of the second microdomains. The first microdomains and the second microdomains are in a peak-valley surface topology, providing surface texture with no filler particles. In some variations, a method to fabricate a surface-textured layer comprises: applying a cross-linkable photomonomer layer to a reflective substrate; exposing the photomonomer layer to a collimated light beam with no spatial variation, to initiate polymerization in first microdomains; and polymerizing other regions of the photomonomer layer to form second microdomains that are spatially separated from the first microdomains. The first microdomains have a higher average cross-link density compared to the second microdomains.

We describe a new approach to fabricate polymeric materials with surface structures for applications as anti-reflective, anti-icing, superhydrophobic, superhydrophilic, de-wetting, and self-cleaning coatings. In some variations, a surface-textured layer comprises first microdomains and second microdomains each containing polymerized cross-linkable photomonomer, where the first microdomains have a higher average cross-link density than that of the second microdomains. The first microdomains and the second microdomains are in a peak-valley surface topology, providing surface texture with no filler particles. In some variations, a method to fabricate a surface-textured layer comprises: applying a cross-linkable photomonomer layer to a reflective substrate; exposing the photomonomer layer to a collimated light beam with no spatial variation, to initiate polymerization in first microdomains; and polymerizing other regions of the photomonomer layer to form second microdomains that are spatially separated from the first microdomains. The first microdomains have a higher average cross-link density compared to the second microdomains.

A material composition for manufacturing a translucent conductive film includes a fluid. The material composition further includes nanostructures disposed within the fluid. The material composition further includes a component that modifies a structure of a joint formed between at least two nanostructures of the plurality of nanostructures after the component is activated. The component may be activated by applying heath or optical radiation to the component.

A material composition for manufacturing a translucent conductive film includes a fluid. The material composition further includes nanostructures disposed within the fluid. The material composition further includes a component that modifies a structure of a joint formed between at least two nanostructures of the plurality of nanostructures after the component is activated. The component may be activated by applying heath or optical radiation to the component.