LAYERED FILMS, PACKAGES PREPARED THEREFROM, AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME

1 - 29 . (canceled)

30 . A film comprising at least three layers, and wherein at least one layer is an inner layer with a thickness of 20 percent or less of the total thickness of the film, and wherein said inner layer, or a polymer component (a) used to form said inner layer, has one of the following properties:

A) a MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus at least two times higher than the MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of a skin layer, or

B) a MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus at least five times lower than the MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of a skin layer; and

wherein the MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of the inner layer, or of the polymer component (a) used to form the inner layer, is measured on a monolayered film formed from the composition of said inner layer, or the polymer component (a) used to form said inner layer, and in accordance with ISO 527-3-95; and

wherein the MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of the skin layer is measured on a monolayered film formed from the composition of said skin layer, and in accordance with ISO 527-3-95; and

wherein the inner layer, or at least one polymer component of the inner layer, has one of the following properties:

C) a melt index, I2 (190° C./2.16 kg) of less than, or equal to, 2 g/10 min, or

D) a melt flow rate, MFR (230° C./2.16 kg) of less than, or equal to, 5 g/10 min.

31 . The film of claim 30 , wherein the at least one inner layer has a MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of at least two times higher than the MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of a skin layer.

32 . The film of claim 30 , wherein the at least one inner layer has a MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of at least five times lower than the MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of a skin layer.

33 . The film of claim 30 , wherein the at least one inner layer has melt index, I2 (190° C./2.16 kg), of less than, or equal to, 2 g/10 min.

34 . The film of claim 30 wherein the at least one inner layer has melt flow rate, MFR (230° C./2.16 kg), of less than, or equal to, 5 g/10 min.

35 . The film of claim 30 , wherein the thickness of said inner layer is less than the thickness of the skin layer.

36 . The film of claim 30 , wherein each of the skin layers is adjacent to a respective surface of the inner layer.

37 . The film of claim 30 , wherein the at least one inner layer has a thickness from 10 to 20 percent of the total thickness of the film.

38 . The film of claim 30 , wherein the total thickness of the film is less than, or equal to, 50 microns.

39 . The film of claim 30 , wherein the film consists of three layers.

40 . The film of claim 30 , wherein the at least one inner layer does not comprise a polar polymer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene vinylacetate, a polyethylene terephthalate, a polyester, a polyamide, and combinations thereof.

41 . The film of claim 30 , wherein the at least one inner layer is formed from a composition comprising a propylene homopolymer, a propylene/α-olefin interpolymer, a propylene/ethylene interpolymer, an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer, a blend comprising a propylene homopolymer, a blend comprising a propylene/α-olefin interpolymer, a blend comprising a propylene/ethylene interpolymer, or a blend comprising an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer.

42 . The film of claim 41 , wherein the inner layer is formed from a composition comprising an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer or a blend comprising the ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer.

43 . The film of claim 42 , wherein the ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer is an interpolymer formed from monomers selected from the group consisting of ethylene and 1-octene, ethylene and 1-butene, ethylene and 1-hexene, ethylene and 1-pentene, ethylene and 1-heptene, ethylene and propylene, ethylene and 4-methylpentene-1, or mixtures thereof.

44 . The film of claim 43 , wherein the ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer has a melt index (I 2 ) from 0.2 g/10 min to 2 g/10 min.

45 . The film of claim 30 , wherein the film is a blown film.

46 . An article comprising at least one component formed from the film of claim 30 .

47 . A package comprising at least one component formed from the film of claim 30 .

48 . A method for forming a multilayered film, said method comprising:

a) selecting a polymer or polymer blend suitable for each layer;

b) forming a multilayered film from the polymers or blends, wherein the multilayered film comprises at least three layers; and

wherein at least one layer is an inner layer with a thickness of 20 percent or less of the total thickness of the film, and wherein said inner layer, or a polymer component (a) used to form said inner layer, has one of the following properties:

A) a MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus at least two times higher than the MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of a skin layer, or

B) a MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus at least five times lower than the MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of a skin layer; and

wherein the MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of the inner layer, or of the polymer component (a) used to form the inner layer, is measured on a monolayered film formed from the composition of said inner layer, or the polymer component (a) used to form said inner layer, and in accordance with ISO 527-3-95; and

wherein the MD tensile, 2 percent secant modulus of the skin layer is measured on a monolayered film formed from the composition of said skin layer, and in accordance with ISO 527-3-95; and

wherein the inner layer, or at least one polymer component of the inner layer, has one of the following properties:

C) a melt index, I2 (190° C./2.16 kg) of less than, or equal to, 2 g/10 min, or

D) a melt flow rate, MFR (230° C./2.16 kg) of less than, or equal to, 5 g/10 min.

49 . The method of claim 48 , wherein the multilayered film is formed using a blown film process.