A masterbatch may include a syndiotactic polypropylene and one or more additives. The one or more additives may be present in the masterbatch in an amount of at least 13 weight percent based on a total weight of the masterbatch. The masterbatch may be formed by mixing the one or more additives with the syndiotactic polypropylene. The masterbatch may be mixed with a resin to form a resin mixture.

The present invention relates to a molding made of expanded bead foam, wherein at least one fiber (F) is partly within the molding, i.e. is surrounded by the expanded bead foam. The two ends of the respective fibers (F) that are not surrounded by the expanded bead foam thus each project from one side of the corresponding molding. The present invention further provides a panel comprising at least one such molding and at least one further layer (S1). The present invention further provides processes for producing the moldings of the invention from expanded bead foam or the panels of the invention and for the use thereof, for example as rotor blade in wind turbines.

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of films of conductive polymers, by the technique so-called roll-to-roll, which allows to obtain freestanding films having advantageous features such as toughness, flexibility, ability to adhere to different substrates, a submicron thickness and a very high ratio surface area/thickness; the present films are suitable for use in several technological applications, in particular for the development of biosensors, and in the production of flexible electronic components with large surface, suitable for wearable devices and also intended for contacting skin.

Processing aid for aiding in orienting an extruded film layer including a preponderance, by weight, of a high crystal-line polypropylene is a crystalline polypropylene wax. An oriented film layer including a blend of crystalline polypropylene wax and high crystallinity polypropylene homopolymer is part of the invention. The invention includes a method of forming an oriented film layer including a preponderance by weight of a high crystallinity polypropylene and includes the steps of blending a high crystallinity polypropylene with a crystalline polypropylene wax, directing the blend through an extruder to form a film layer and then orienting the film layer. The invention includes a biaxially oriented, multi-layer film including a base layer and at least one skin layer. The base layer includes a blend of crystalline metallocene catalyzed polypropylene wax and a high crystallinity polypropylene.

A laminated film including a resin substrate, and a coating layer on the resin substrate. The coating layer contains a water-soluble polymer, at least one of a silane coupling agent and a hydrolysate thereof, at least one of a metal alkoxide and a hydrolysate thereof, and an inorganic layered compound.

In an embodiment, a heat-seal film includes 10-90 wt % of a first polymer component and 10-90 wt % of a second polymer component, based on a total weight of the first polymer component and the second polymer component, wherein: the first polymer component includes propylene, and optionally, up to 18 wt % of a C.sub.2 and/or a C.sub.4-C.sub.20 α-olefin based on a total weight of the first polymer component; and the second polymer component includes 91-99.9 wt % of propylene and 0.1-9 wt % of ethylene based on a total weight of the second polymer component, the second copolymer component having a melt flow rate of 2-60 g/10 min. In another embodiment, a multi-layer film structure includes a heat-seal layer including a heat-seal film described herein; and an unoriented, an uniaxially oriented, or a biaxially oriented base layer including polypropylene homopolymer, a polypropylene random copolymer, or a combination thereof.

A polyolefin composition made from or containing: T1) 70-95 wt %, a polyolefin component containing: a1) from 30 wt % to 70 wt % of a propylene based polymer; and a2) from 30 wt % to 70 wt % of an ethylene based polymer; the sum of a1) and a2), being referred to the total weight of a1) and a2), being 100; and T2) 5-30 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer containing from 2.0 wt % to 10.0 wt %; of ethylene derived units and having a melt flow rate (230° C./2.16 kg) ranging from 0.5 to 20.0 g/10 min, and having a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. lower than 20 wt %.
the sum of the amount of T1) and T2), being referred to the total weight of T1) and T2), being 100.

The invention concerns a polymer composite comprising: a. polymer in an amount of 1-99% by weight of the overall weight; b. biscuit cereal meal in an amount of at least 1% by weight of the overall weight; c. optional plasticizer in an amount from 0-50% w/w of component b); d. optional filler, and e. optional additive.

The invention also concerns a process for its preparation, an intermediate, and a solid article comprising the polymer composite.

A hybrid polymer-matrix composite is described, containing between 10.0% and 45.0% by weight of cellulosic fiber up to 3.0 mm long and with a maximum moisture content of 5.0%; between 5.0% and 40.0% by weight of synthetic fiber up to 4.0 mm long and compatibilizing additives, said constituents being homogenized directly in the twin-screw extruder, with each reinforcing fiber entering via a specific feeder, to be adjusted to the temperature and shearing applied to the reinforcing fibers, guaranteeing the correct dispersion of the fiber for encapsulation by the polymer matrix, optimizing interface interactions and perfect homogenization.

Provided is a biaxially oriented polypropylene film that has high stiffness and can easily retain a bag shape when made into a packaging bag even if the film is made thinner, and at the same time, that can maintain water vapor barrier properties even if the film is made thinner, and has few wrinkles in and around the sealed portion when heat-sealed to make a packaging body. The biaxially oriented polypropylene film satisfies the following (1) and (2): (1) a half width of a peak derived from an oriented crystal in a width direction in angular dependency of a (110) plane of polypropyleneα-type crystal obtained by wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurement is 26° or smaller; (2) the ratio of (III) to the total of a crystalline component (I), a restrained amorphous component (II), and an unrestrained amorphous component (III) classified by pulse NMR according to solid-echo method is 7% or lower.