A filtration media including at least a first nonwoven fabric having at least one meltblown layer in provided. The at least one meltblown layer includes a plurality of meltblown fibers having an average diameter from about 1 to about 5 microns. Methods of making a filtration media are also provided. Facemasks including such filtration media are also provided.

Provided are a non-woven cloth and a layered non-woven cloth that are preferred as a skin material for a composite sound-absorbing material, which has excellent moldability and exceptional shape stability, and with which it is possible to achieve an adequate sound-absorption effect even in thin low-weight regions. The present invention pertains to: a non-woven cloth having a layered structure in which at least one ultrafine fiber layer (M) having an average fiber diameter of 0.3-7 μm and at least one continuous long fiber layer (S) having an average fiber diameter of 10-30 μm are integrated, wherein the non-woven cloth is characterized in that the adhesion area ratio of the ultrafine fiber layer (M) and the continuous long fiber layer (S) is 45-80%; a method for manufacturing the non-woven cloth; a layered non-woven cloth in which two or more layers of the non-woven cloth are layered; and a composite sound-absorbing material in which the non-woven cloth or the layered non-woven cloth, and an open-cell resin foam body or a fiber porous material that is a sound-absorbing material, are layered.

A method for producing a nonwoven fabric is provided. The method includes spinning a molten aromatic polysulfone resin from a nozzle and extending it with a high temperature fluid ejected at high speed, thereby obtaining the aromatic polysulfone resin in a fibrous form, and collecting the aromatic polysulfone resin obtained in a fibrous form on a moving collecting member. The aromatic polysulfone resin has a melt mass flow rate of 130 g/10 min or more under conditions of a test temperature of 400° C. and a nominal load of 2.16 kg, which is determined based on ASTM D 1238. A distance from the nozzle to the collecting member is set to 30 mm or less.

A protective device, in particular an anti-erosion protective device, preferably a geotextile, is at least configured to be planarly spread over a surface, in particular an earth surface, that is to be protected, and which is at least largely implemented of a plurality of synthetic fibers interconnected via force-fit connection and/or substance-to-substance bond and arranged in such a way that they form an essentially three-dimensional structuring, wherein at least a large portion of the synthetic fibers are at least largely biodegradable.

Described are fibrous materials comprising a plurality of fibers having a longitudinal alignment gradient and/or a longitudinal composition gradient. Also described are methods of preparing the fibrous materials thereof and methods of treating organ or tissue damage with the fibrous materials.

Described are fibrous materials comprising a plurality of fibers having a longitudinal alignment gradient and/or a longitudinal composition gradient. Also described are methods of preparing the fibrous materials thereof and methods of treating organ or tissue damage with the fibrous materials.

The present invention relates to a method manufacturing a melt-spun nonwoven fabric and a microfiber nonwoven web manufactured therefrom The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a melt-spun nonwoven fabric, in which fibers obtained by melt-spinning a thermoplastic polymer through a spinning nozzle including at least one nozzle hole are collected by high-speed air stream, wherein the melt-spun fibers are subjected to momentary local heating at a high temperature higher than a spinning temperature while same are caused to pass through a nozzle local heating provided directly under the spinning nozzle during spinning, so that the method can lower the melt flow index and spinline elongation viscosity of a thermoplastic resin discharged from the nozzle hole without reducing a molecular weight, thereby providing a microfiber nonwoven web formed by finely thin fibers, compared to the conventional spun-bond nonwoven fabric.

[Problem] The objective of the present invention is to provide an elastic mesh structure having exceptional cushioning and reducing noise during compression or recovery. [Solution] A mesh structure comprising a three-dimensional, random-loop, joining structure formed by winding a continuous line of thermoplastic resin to form random loops, bringing the loops into contact with one another in a molten state, and fusing the majority of the contact area, wherein (a) the apparent density of the random-loop contact structure is 0.005-0.200 g/cm.sup.3, and (b) the number of contact points per unit weight of the random-loop contact structure is 500-1200/g.

[Problem] The objective of the present invention is to provide an elastic mesh structure having exceptional cushioning and reducing noise during compression or recovery. [Solution] A mesh structure comprising a three-dimensional, random-loop, joining structure formed by winding a continuous line of thermoplastic resin to form random loops, bringing the loops into contact with one another in a molten state, and fusing the majority of the contact area, wherein (a) the apparent density of the random-loop contact structure is 0.005-0.200 g/cm.sup.3, and (b) the number of contact points per unit weight of the random-loop contact structure is 500-1200/g.

A multi-laminar electrospun nanofiber scaffold for use in repairing a defect in a tissue substrate is provided. The scaffold includes a first layer formed by a first plurality of electrospun polymeric fibers, and a second layer formed by a second plurality of electrospun polymeric fibers. The second layer is combined with the first layer. A first portion of the scaffold includes a higher density of fibers than a second portion of the scaffold, and the first portion has a higher tensile strength than the second portion. The scaffold is configured to degrade via hydrolysis after at least one of a predetermined time or an environmental condition. The scaffold is configured to be applied to the tissue substrate containing the defect, and is sufficiently flexible to facilitate application of the scaffold to uneven surfaces of the tissue substrate, and to enable movement of the scaffold by the tissue substrate.