Provided is a method of patterning a substrate. The method includes depositing, in a first predetermined pattern, hydrophobic material on a first surface of a hydrophilic substrate. The method includes permeating the hydrophobic material through a thickness of the substrate. The method includes exposing the hydrophobic material to UV-light and sufficiently solidifying the permeated hydrophobic material. The sufficiently solidified hydrophobic material forms a liquid-impervious barrier that separates the substrate into at least one discrete region.

Methods are generally disclosed for forming and using a casting paper. In one embodiment, the casting paper can be made by coating a first surface of a base sheet with a release coating such that the release coating covers the entire first surface of the base sheet. A printed release coating is then applied on a portion of the first release coating, and is dried or cured as needed to form the casting paper having a textured surface defined by elevated areas corresponding to the printed release coating and valley areas corresponding to exposed areas of the printed release coating. In another embodiment, the casting paper can be made by first printing a base sheet with a patterned, structured coating, then coating over the patterned, structured coating with a release coating such that the release coating covers at least the unprinted areas of the base sheet. The casting paper can be used to form a texturized surface in a substrate.

An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate having a fiber layer comprising ultrafine cellulose fibers and a resin layer, wherein the two layers have more excellent adhesion properties. The present invention relates to a laminate having at least one fiber layer comprising cellulose fibers with a fiber width of 1000 nm or less, and at least one resin layer that is contacted with one surface of the fiber layer, wherein the resin layer has an adhesion aid.

An object of the present invention is to provide a laminate having a fiber layer comprising ultrafine cellulose fibers and a resin layer, wherein the two layers have more excellent adhesion properties. The present invention relates to a laminate having at least one fiber layer comprising cellulose fibers with a fiber width of 1000 nm or less, and at least one resin layer that is contacted with one surface of the fiber layer, wherein the resin layer has an adhesion aid.

This invention refers to a manufacturing process for a high-performance resin-saturated decorative foil, designed for surface lining, both outdoors and indoors. The decorative foil can be used as a decorative lining for HPL-High-Pressure Laminate-panels and CPL-Continuous-Pressure Laminate-panels, as well as to be adhered to any flat or curved 2D surface.

This invention refers to a manufacturing process for a high-performance resin-saturated decorative foil, designed for surface lining, both outdoors and indoors. The decorative foil can be used as a decorative lining for HPL-High-Pressure Laminate-panels and CPL-Continuous-Pressure Laminate-panels, as well as to be adhered to any flat or curved 2D surface.

A method for producing a cellulose product from an air-formed cellulose blank structure comprising the steps; providing a cellulose blank structure which is air-formed from cellulose fibres; applying, in a first application step (S.sub.A1), an alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) dispersion to the cellulose blank structure, and applying, in a second application step (S.sub.A2) a latex dispersion to the cellulose blank structure arranging the cellulose blank structure with the applied alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) dispersion and latex dispersion in a forming mould; heating the cellulose blank structure to a forming temperature (T.sub.F) in the range of 100° C. to 300° C., and forming the cellulose product from the cellulose blank structure in the forming mould, by pressing the heated cellulose blank structure with the applied alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) dispersion and latex dispersion with a forming pressure (P.sub.F) of at least 1 MPa, preferably 4-20 MPa.

A method for producing a cellulose product from an air-formed cellulose blank structure comprising the steps; providing a cellulose blank structure which is air-formed from cellulose fibres; applying, in a first application step (S.sub.A1), an alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) dispersion to the cellulose blank structure, and applying, in a second application step (S.sub.A2) a latex dispersion to the cellulose blank structure arranging the cellulose blank structure with the applied alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) dispersion and latex dispersion in a forming mould; heating the cellulose blank structure to a forming temperature (T.sub.F) in the range of 100° C. to 300° C., and forming the cellulose product from the cellulose blank structure in the forming mould, by pressing the heated cellulose blank structure with the applied alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) dispersion and latex dispersion with a forming pressure (P.sub.F) of at least 1 MPa, preferably 4-20 MPa.

Disclosed is a coating material comprising (B) an aqueous emulsion obtainable by polymerizing (b) a polymerizable unsaturated monomer in the presence of (A) a copolymer having a carboxyl group, wherein the polymerizable unsaturated monomer (b) comprises (b1) a (meth)acrylic acid ester, and the content of the (meth)acrylic acid ester (b1) is more than 95 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total mass of the polymerizable unsaturated monomer (b).

Disclosed is a coating material comprising (B) an aqueous emulsion obtainable by polymerizing (b) a polymerizable unsaturated monomer in the presence of (A) a copolymer having a carboxyl group, wherein the polymerizable unsaturated monomer (b) comprises (b1) a (meth)acrylic acid ester, and the content of the (meth)acrylic acid ester (b1) is more than 95 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total mass of the polymerizable unsaturated monomer (b).