Oriented, multilayer shrink films, either clear or opaque, comprise a core layer and at least one skin layer. The core layer has a thickness greater than the thickness of the at least one skin layer. The at least one skin layer comprises at least one cyclic-olefin copolymer as the predominant component thereof. The core layer comprises a blend of a polyolefin polymer and a polybutene-1 copolymer with ethylene, the butene-1 constituting over 75% by weight of the polybutene-1 copolymer. The film has a shrinkage of at least 20% in at least one of the machine and transverse directions of formation when said film is heated to a temperature of between 80 and 100° C. Optionally the films can include a propylene-based elastomer, a styrenic based block copolymer elastomer, reclaim including the components of the film, or combinations thereof.

The present invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising a. a polyethylene resin (A) which has been grafted with an acid grafting agent and b. an epoxy resin (B) in an amount of 0.01 to 15 wt. % of the adhesive total composition, wherein the adhesive composition is having a MFR.sub.5 of 0.1 to 12 g/10 min. Furthermore, the invention relates to an article, in particular a multilayer pipe, comprising an adhesive layer which comprises said adhesive composition and the use of said adhesive composition for the production of an adhesive layer, in particular of an adhesive layer of a pipe.

This disclosure relates to ethylene interpolymer compositions and films prepared therefrom. Specifically: ethylene interpolymer products having: a dimensionless Long Chain Branching Factor, LCBF, greater than or equal to 0.001; a residual catalytic metal of from ≥0.03 to ≤5 ppm of hafnium, and; a dimensionless unsaturation ratio, UR, of from ≥−0.40 to ≤0.06, wherein UR is defined by the following relationship; UR=(SC.sup.U−T.sup.U)/T.sup.U, where SC.sup.U is the amount of a side chain unsaturation per 100 carbons and T.sup.U is amount of a terminal unsaturation per 100 carbons, in said ethylene interpolymer product. The disclosed ethylene interpolymer products have a melt index from about 0.3 to about 500 dg/minute, a density from about 0.855 to about 0.975 g/cc, a polydispersity (M.sub.w/M.sub.n) from about 1.7 to about 25 and a Composition Distribution Breadth Index (CDBI.sub.50) from about 1% to about 98%.

Described herein is a multilayer microporous film or membrane that may exhibit improved properties, including improved dielectric break down and strength, compared to prior monolayer or tri-layer microporous membranes of the same thickness. The preferred multilayer microporous membrane comprises microlayers and one or more lamination barriers. Also disclosed is a battery separator or battery comprising one or more of the multilayer microporous films or membranes. The inventive battery and battery separator is preferably safer and more robust than batteries and battery separators using prior monolayer and tri-layer microporous membranes. Also, described herein is a method for making the multilayer microporous separators, membranes or films described herein.

A method for manufacturing a folded panel including the following steps: providing a longitudinal recess at the rear side, such that at the front side between remaining panel sections on both sides of the recess a flexible transition section remains, bending the panel sections relative to each other and applying an adhesive in the recess. Before the panel sections are bent relative to each other, a template is inserted into the recess.

Provided is a heat-resistant shrinkable adhesive film capable of reducing or preventing defects such as shrinkage when exposed to a high temperature even when bonded in a highly stretched state. A heat-resistant shrinkable adhesive film according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes (A) an acid functional group-containing (meth)acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature of about 25° C. or lower, and (B) an acid or base functional group-containing (meth)acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature of about 50° C. or higher, the mixing ratio of the component (A) being larger than the mixing ratio of the component (B), and the adhesive film including an adhesive layer with a crosslinked structure derived from a metal coordination bond crosslinking agent and can be stretched to an area magnification of 4 times or more

A resin composition for a solar cell encapsulant that is used for forming a solar cell encapsulant, the resin composition including at least one kind of ethylene-polar monomer copolymer (A1) selected from an ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer and an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer, an epoxy group-containing ethylene-based copolymer (A2) (excluding the ethylene-polar monomer copolymer (A1)), an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (B), and a metal inactivating agent (C).

The invention relates to plastic films and a silicone containing polymer blend composition that can be used in the production of the plastic films which is a polymer composition obtainable from, per 100 parts by weight of the composition, 99.99 to 90 parts by weight of a polyolefin polymer (P) and 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of a masterbatch (M).

A low-weight carpet or carpet tile and process for making the same, wherein the carpet or carpet tile comprises a facecloth having a plurality of face yarns tufted through a primary backing, a low-viscosity polyolefin coating layer applied to the primary backing, a reinforcing scrim layer, and an extruded polyolefin sheet. The top surface and bottom surface of the carpet tile are defined by the facecloth and either the extruded polyolefin sheet or the reinforcing scrim layer, respectively. The entire multi-layer web is then passed through a nip to compress the layers together, and the entire web is chilled before optionally being cut into tiles.

A curable composition includes an olefin-aromatic vinyl compound-aromatic polyene copolymer satisfying conditions (1) to (4) and an additive resin, which is at least one of a hydrocarbon-based elastomer, polyphenylene ether, olefin-aromatic vinyl compound-aromatic polyene copolymerized oligomer, and aromatic polyene-based resin. (1) The number average molecular weight of the copolymer is 5000 to 100000. (2) The aromatic vinyl compound monomer has 8 to 20 carbon atoms, and the content of the unit of the monomer is 0 to 70 mass %. (3) The aromatic polyene is selected from polyenes having 5 to 20 carbon atoms and a plurality of vinyl and/or vinylene groups in the molecule, and the content of the groups is 1.5 to 20 pieces per number average molecular weight. (4) The olefin is selected from olefins having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and the total monomer units of the olefin, aromatic vinyl compound, and aromatic polyene is 100 mass %.