Multilayer composite films and articles prepared therefrom

A laminate article comprising:

• (i) a first outer layer comprising a first ionomer;
• (ii) a core layer comprising at least one polymer layer and positioned such that a first surface of the core layer is in direct contact with at least one surface of the first outer layer;
• (iii) a second outer layer comprising a second ionomer and positioned such that a second surface of the core layer is in direct contact with at least one surface of the second outer layer;
• wherein the at least one core layer polymer is a non-ionomeric polymer and
• wherein the individual optical transmittance for each of the first ionomer layer, the second ionomer layer, the core layer unit, and the laminate at the same wavelength can each be measured, and wherein the measured transmittance for the laminate is greater than the expectation value of the transmittance calculated from the transmittance of the three individual layers in their non-laminated state weighted by their thicknesses in the laminate;
• or
• wherein the laminate article, the first ionomer and the second ionomer and the core layer polymer are characterized by a transition temperature measured under tensile conditions at 1 Hz by DMA such that the value of the transition temperature for the laminate article is greater than the value of the transition temperature of the core layer polymer measured under identical conditions in a non-laminated state.