The present disclosure is directed, in part, to an absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious material, a liquid impervious material, and an absorbent core disposed at least partially intermediate the liquid pervious material and the liquid impervious material. The absorbent article comprises one or more nonwoven substrates each comprising one or more layers of fibers. A plurality of the fibers each comprise a plurality of fibrils extending outwardly from a surface of the fibers. The plurality of fibrils comprise a lipid ester.

The present invention provides a conjugated fiber suitable for use as a crimped fiber capable of producing an artificial leather having highly dense texture and good quality. The present invention also provides a base body for an artificial leather and an artificial leather produced by using such conjugated fiber. The conjugated fiber of the present invention includes a conjugated fiber comprising a readily soluble polyester component and a less readily soluble component, and the readily soluble polyester component comprises a copolymerized polyester having 5 to 10% by mole of 5-sodium sulfoisophthalate copolymerized therewith and the readily soluble polyester component contains a polyalkylene glycol. The polyalkylene glycol is in the form of streaks extending in longitudinal direction of the fiber in the longitudinal cross section of the conjugated fiber.

A composite bonding tool may comprise a mold surface made from a composite material including a fibrous material and a matrix disposed about the fibrous material. The resin may be cured and have a thermal conductivity greater than about 10 watts per meter Kelvin. The fibrous material may be further metal coated or plated to increase thermal conductivity. Carbon nanomaterials may be added to the matrix or onto the surface of the fibrous material in order to further enhance thermal conductivity. The mold surface has a relatively high thermal conductivity and relatively low coefficient of thermal expansion, and a relatively low mass.

A wiper for use in a cleanroom environment, or other similarly controlled environment, that includes a woven fabric comprised of two separate and distinct microfiber materials which incorporates a unique weave pattern with sealed edges. The wiper may be pre-saturated and the saturation of the wiper may be done with ultrapure water that immediately and evenly wets into the wiper.

A wiper for use in a cleanroom environment, or other similarly controlled environment, that includes a woven fabric comprised of two separate and distinct microfiber materials which incorporates a unique weave pattern with sealed edges. The wiper may be pre-saturated and the saturation of the wiper may be done with ultrapure water that immediately and evenly wets into the wiper.

An electrical interconnect including at least one electrically-conductive fiber configured to form a stretchable interlaced configuration.

Eyewear uses a polarizing lens obtained by bending a multilayer polarizing sheet in which a sheet (A) including at least 50% by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin and having a retardation value of 2000 nm or less at a wavelength of 600 nm is layered on one side of a polarizing film, and a sheet (B) including a special polycarbonate resin obtained by carbonate bonding a dihydroxy compound through use of a carbonic acid diester, the polycarbonate resin being a compound in which 70-100 mol % of the dihydroxy compound is represented by general formula (1), is layered on the other side of the polarizing film. ##STR00001## (In general formula (1), R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkyl group, or the like. In general formula (1), X are each independently a C.sub.2-C.sub.8 alkylene group or the like.)

A fiber having an environmental barrier coating is provided that includes, in one illustrative form, a Hi Nicalon preform assembled in a tooling for chemical vapor infiltration and cleaned to remove sizing char from fibers of the Hi Nicalon preform; a ytterbium doped silicon carbide coat located over the Hi Nicalon preform; a boron nitride interface coat applied over the ytterbium doped silicon carbide coat; and a silicon carbide coat applied over the boron nitride interface coat.

A device including a wire element and a winding element to wind the wire element. The winding element is configured to change from a first stable state to a second stable state. A change in the state occurs either naturally or by changing an environment parameter so as to result in the wire element being wound on the winding element. In the naturally occurring state change, the energy of interaction between the wire element and the environment is higher than the energy of interaction between the wire element and the winding element. The environment parameter change results in the wire element being wound on the winding element during the change from the first state to the second state.

A device including a wire element and a winding element to wind the wire element. The winding element is configured to change from a first stable state to a second stable state. A change in the state occurs either naturally or by changing an environment parameter so as to result in the wire element being wound on the winding element. In the naturally occurring state change, the energy of interaction between the wire element and the environment is higher than the energy of interaction between the wire element and the winding element. The environment parameter change results in the wire element being wound on the winding element during the change from the first state to the second state.