The present disclosure provides a unique method of making a fine fiber that is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure also provides a unique method of coating a fine fiber with a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure further provides fine fibers wherein the entirety of the fiber is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. Also provided are filter media and filter substrates including the fine fibers.

The present disclosure provides a unique method of making a fine fiber that is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure also provides a unique method of coating a fine fiber with a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure further provides fine fibers wherein the entirety of the fiber is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. Also provided are filter media and filter substrates including the fine fibers.

Polymeric blends and filaments prepared from the blends are provided for improving isotropy in three-dimensional objects prepared by fused deposition modeling (FDM) processes. The polymeric blends include a high molecular weight (HMW) thermoplastic polymer and an additive comprising a low molecular weight (LMW) thermoplastic polymer. The HMW and LMW polymers can be the same type of polymer (e.g., poly(lactic acid)) or have at least one type of monomeric unit in common. The LMW polymer additive can have a molecular weight that is greater than the entanglement molecular weight and is about half the molecular weight of the HMW polymer or less. Inclusion of the LMW polymer can increase interfacial adhesion between filaments prepared from the blends. Also provided are three-dimensional objects prepared from a FDM process that have improved isotropic properties and methods of improving the isotropic properties of a three-dimensional object.

Disclosed herein is the production of medical textile material with nanofiber surface that has transdermal drug release properties and that is coated with azithromycin active substance by using needle electrospinning method and ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (USP) technique. Specifically disclosed is a nanofiber medical textile material production method that includes the steps of preparing polymer solutions containing PVP (polyvinylpyrrolidone) with a concentration of 12 wt % and GEL (gelatin) with a concentration of 0.72 wt %; determining solution properties such as conductivity, viscosity, and surface tension, producing nanofibers from prepared polymer solutions by atmosphere-controlled horizontal needle fiber spinning (electrospinning) setup, obtaining PVP/GEL nanofibers after the fiber spinning process, thin film coating of the drug active substance on the obtained nanofibers, PVP/GEL nanofibers by the USP method, and cross-linking of both polymers to facilitate the final application processes of the drug-release material.

Disclosed herein is the production of medical textile material with nanofiber surface that has transdermal drug release properties and that is coated with azithromycin active substance by using needle electrospinning method and ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (USP) technique. Specifically disclosed is a nanofiber medical textile material production method that includes the steps of preparing polymer solutions containing PVP (polyvinylpyrrolidone) with a concentration of 12 wt % and GEL (gelatin) with a concentration of 0.72 wt %; determining solution properties such as conductivity, viscosity, and surface tension, producing nanofibers from prepared polymer solutions by atmosphere-controlled horizontal needle fiber spinning (electrospinning) setup, obtaining PVP/GEL nanofibers after the fiber spinning process, thin film coating of the drug active substance on the obtained nanofibers, PVP/GEL nanofibers by the USP method, and cross-linking of both polymers to facilitate the final application processes of the drug-release material.

The invention provides novel polymer nanofiber or microfiber mats or membranes and methods for their preparation via an aqueous, one-step polyelectrolyte complexation and electrospinning of complex coacervates.

The present invention provides a filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding, which affords a molded article having soft texture and excellent heat resistance and among others, exhibits good moldability in molding by a material extrusion 3D printer. The present invention relates to a filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding, including a thermoplastic elastomer which contains at least a specific block copolymer and in which the ratio between storage modulus and loss modulus measured at 200 C. and 100 Hz by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is in a specific range.

The present invention provides a filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding, which affords a molded article having soft texture and excellent heat resistance and among others, exhibits good moldability in molding by a material extrusion 3D printer. The present invention relates to a filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding, including a thermoplastic elastomer which contains at least a specific block copolymer and in which the ratio between storage modulus and loss modulus measured at 200 C. and 100 Hz by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is in a specific range.

A composite filament includes a core particle comprising a sulfonated polyester matrix and a plurality of silver nanoparticles dispersed within the matrix, and a shell polymer disposed about the core particle, and methods of making thereof. Various articles can be manufactured from such composite filaments.

The present disclosure provides a unique method of making a fine fiber that is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure also provides a unique method of coating a fine fiber with a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. The present disclosure further provides fine fibers wherein the entirety of the fiber is formed from a composition including an epoxy and a polymer component including a 4-vinyl pyridine-containing polymer. Also provided are filter media and filter substrates including the fine fibers.