Provided is a polymer capable of providing a coating film that has good initial adhesiveness to a base material and good adhesiveness thereto after a pressure cooker test, and has excellent abrasion resistance as determined by a falling sand abrasion test. The polymer includes a perhaloolefin unit, a vinyl ester unit that contains neither a hydroxy group nor an aromatic ring; and a hydroxy group-containing monomer unit. The polymer has a hydroxyl value of 110 mgKOH/g or greater.

Method and composition for switchable panels are disclosed. Switchable films are placed between glass and liquid resin is injected between the glass and cured. The panels may be used for a wide variety of applications.

Provided are polyimide precursor composition including a polyimide precursor including a siloxane structure, and inorganic particles, and an optical multilayer structure including a structure in which a polyimide shatterproof layer formed using the composition is formed on a substrate. The optical multilayer structure according to one implementation is less curled to minimize substrate bending and has significantly improved surface hardness, and thus, has excellent mechanical properties.

A method for forming a vehicle interior system. In the method, a first glass layer is provided in which the first glass layer has a first major surface and a second major surface. The second major surface is opposite to the first major surface. A second glass layer is provided in which the second glass layer has a third major surface and a fourth major surface. The fourth major surface is opposite to the third major surface. The second major surface is bonded to the third major surface with an adhesive layer to form a glass laminate. The glass laminate is placed on a mold, and the glass laminate is formed at a temperature below a glass transition temperature of each glass layer to form a first curvature.

A pre-fractured glass laminate that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness, a pair of opposed primary surfaces, a compressive stress region, a central tension (CT) region and a plurality of cracks; a second phase comprising a polymer or a cured resin within the plurality of cracks; a backing layer; and an interlayer disposed between one of the primary surfaces of the substrate and the backing layer. The compressive stress region extends from each of the primary surfaces to a first selected depth in the substrate. Further, the plurality of cracks is located in the CT region.

A glass composite is provided that has a first and second glass element, each having a first surface, and a first coupling agent layer having a first and second silane coupling agent. The first coupling agent layer has covalent bonds between the first and second silane coupling agents. The first and second silane coupling agents are covalently bonded to the first surface of the first and second glass elements, respectively. The first and second glass elements are irreversibly connected by the first coupling agent layer. Such a glass composite is made by bonding the first surface of the first and second glass elements to the first and second silane coupling agents, respectively, and contacting both first surfaces with each other to cause the first and second silane coupling agents thereon to covalently bond so that the first and second glass elements are irreversibly connected.

The present invention encompasses polymer compositions comprising aliphatic polycarbonate chains containing functional groups that increase the polymer's ability to wet or adhere to inorganic materials. In certain embodiments, chain ends of the aliphatic polycarbonates are modified to introduce silicon-containing functional groups, boron-containing functional groups, phosphorous-containing functional groups, sulfonic acid groups or carboxylic acid groups.

Disclosed generally herein is a laminated vehicle glazing including first and second glass sheets and a polymer interlayer interposed therebetween. The interlayer includes a major part and a stiff part adjacent to the major part. The stiff part does not surround the major part, such that the major part is along at least one edge of the laminated vehicle glazing. The stiff part includes at least one layer made of a material that has a higher Young's modulus than that of the material used in the major part. Young's modulus in the thickness direction of the stiff part is higher than that of the major part.

A glass lamination article includes a resin layer in contact with a base substrate such that a first interface is formed therebetween, and a glass substrate layer in contact with the resin layer such that a second interface is formed therebetween, wherein the resin layer may be an ultraviolet (UV)-curable resin layer. The glass lamination article has excellent impact resistance and strength, as well as excellent waviness.

Provided is a laminate with a glass layer having excellent surface hardness and impact resistance. A laminate with a glass layer of the present invention includes a glass layer, a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, an impact absorbing layer, and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in the stated order. The laminate with a glass layer has a pencil hardness of 5 H or more, and according to the laminate with a glass layer, an impact amount S.sub.A detected when a stainless-steel ball having a weight of 10 g and a diameter of 13 mm is vertically dropped from a height of 40 cm onto a surface of an impact detection sensor and an impact amount S.sub.B detected when the stainless-steel ball is vertically dropped from a height of 40 cm onto the laminate with a glass layer placed on the surface of the impact detection sensor satisfy the following relationship: {(S.sub.A−S.sub.B)/S.sub.A}×100≥25(%).