Coated nonwoven fibrous mats, building panels, and methods for making the same are provided. A coated nonwoven fiber mat includes a nonwoven fibrous mat having a continuous barrier coating on a surface thereof. The continuous barrier coating includes a set composition of gypsum and a binder. A building panel includes a panel core associated with a coated nonwoven fiber mat. A method of making a coated nonwoven fibrous mat includes depositing a composition of water, gypsum stucco, and a binder onto a surface of a nonwoven fibrous mat and setting the composition to form a continuous barrier coating.

A method of fabricating a fibrous ceramic preform includes impregnating a plurality of individual ceramic tows with a first polymer binder, incorporating the plurality of impregnated ceramic tows into a ceramic fabric, applying a solution comprising a second polymer binder and a second solvent to the ceramic fabric, and incorporating the ceramic fabric into the preform. The first polymer binder is insoluble in the second solvent.

The present invention provides a facile heteroepitaxial method for growing conductive zinc-catecholate frameworks on bio-fibers with biomimetic connections, which is beneficial to fabricate biocompatible and high-performance photodetectors and chemiresistors, and the corresponding bio-fiber based metal-organic framework. In this method, a conductive layer is first introduced on the surface of polysaccharide bio-fibers, before well-aligned zinc oxide nanoarrays were densely constructed on the bio-fibers by a physiological coagulation mechanism. The obtained fibrous materials may be used in devices, including in electronic components, having the advantages of good stability, environmental-friendly, flame retardancy, and high response.

Modified regenerated collagen fibers which have improved water resistance and heat resistance problematic in regenerated collagen fibers, impart heat shape memory ability, are excellent in stretchability (tenacity) and the feel of the surfaces, and have no coloring. The modified regenerated collagen fibers contain a component (A), which is vinylbenzoic acid or a salt thereof, or a polymerized product containing the component (A) as a constituent monomer in the regenerated collagen fibers.

A method for forming a friction material includes mixing a fibrous base material and filler particles to form a substrate; saturating the substrate with a silane solution including a silane to form a uniformly impregnated silane matrix; curing the uniformly impregnated silane matrix to form a cured uniformly impregnated silane matrix; saturating the cured uniformly impregnated silane matrix with a non-silane binder solution to form a uniformly impregnated silane, non-silane matrix; and curing the uniformly impregnated silane, phenolic resin matrix to form the friction material.

Technologies for fibers with nanotechnology is disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, a preform is 3D printed with one or more sacrificial cores and one or more hollow channels. The preform is drawn into a fiber, and one or more metal core(s) is inserted into the hollow channel during the fiber draw. The fiber is then heated, breaking up the sacrificial cores into balls through capillary action. The fiber can be etched, exposing the balls made up of the sacrificial cores. The balls can be selectively etched, exposing the metal core(s) of the fiber. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Provided are a wireless and battery-free touch-responsive luminescent fiber and a preparation method and use thereof. The wireless and battery-free touch-responsive luminescent fiber includes a conductive core layer, a dielectric layer and a light-emitting layer sequentially from inside to outside, wherein the conductive core layer is a conductive fiber material; the dielectric layer is a first composite resin containing a high dielectric constant filler, the high dielectric constant filler having a dielectric constant of 10-80; and the light-emitting layer is a second composite resin containing a rare earth luminescent material. The preparation method includes steps of subjecting the conductive core layer to fiber pay-off, dielectric layer slurry impregnation, first heating, light-emitting layer slurry impregnation and second heating in sequence to obtain the wireless and battery-free touch-responsive luminescent fiber.

In a glass cloth made of glass having a composition that is at least 50 wt % SiO.sub.2, one of a warp and a weft that constitute the glass cloth has a filament diameter of less than 3.0 m, and the glass cloth has a thickness of 15 m or less and a weight of 10 g/m.sup.2 or less.

A method for coating at least one fibre with a boron nitride interphase, includes treating the at least one fibre with a treatment medium containing ammonia borane and having a temperature of 100 C. or higher and a pressure of 1 bar or higher.

The present disclosure relates to antimicrobial synthetic textiles and methods for manufacturing antimicrobial synthetic textiles. The present disclosure further concerns use of a polycarboxylic acid as an antimicrobial finish on a synthetic textile.