Articles of wear having one or more textiles that include a low processing temperature polymeric composition and a high processing temperature polymeric composition, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The low processing temperature polymeric composition and the high processing temperature polymeric composition can be selectively incorporated into a textile to provide one or more structural properties and/or other advantageous properties to the article. The textile can be thermoformed to impart such structural and/or other advantageous properties to the article of wear. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Articles of wear having one or more textiles that include a low processing temperature polymeric composition and a high processing temperature polymeric composition, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The low processing temperature polymeric composition and the high processing temperature polymeric composition can be selectively incorporated into a textile to provide one or more structural properties and/or other advantageous properties to the article. The textile can be thermoformed to impart such structural and/or other advantageous properties to the article of wear. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Articles of wear having one or more textiles that include a low processing temperature polymeric composition and a high processing temperature polymeric composition, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The low processing temperature polymeric composition and the high processing temperature polymeric composition can be selectively incorporated into a textile to provide one or more structural properties and/or other advantageous properties to the article. The textile can be thermoformed to impart such structural and/or other advantageous properties to the article of wear. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

The present invention relates to a filament suitable to be used in a 3D printing device, wherein the filament comprises a metal and/or ceramic powder, a thermoplastic binder and additives. The invention also relates to a process for producing a shaped body comprising the step of printing a shaped green body using the filament according to the invention. Also provided is the use of a filament according to the invention in a 3D printing device and a green body producible by mixing a metal and/or ceramic powder and a thermoplastic binder. The invention also relates to the use of a binder of the invention for the production of a filament for 3D printing devices.

The invention relates to 3D printed parts made with thermoplastic polymers having a low stiffening temperature. 3D printed parts of the invention have very good Z layer adhesion, have a high elongation at break in the Z direction, preferably of more than 50 percent, and have at least an 80 percent ratio of Z to XY stress at yield or at break. The resulting part may be nearly isotropic—having similar mechanical properties in the XY and Z print directions. The excellent layer adhesion makes the resultant printed part more robust—able to withstand many cycles of use. Certain polymers of the invention produce printed parts that have a very low haze, and are nearly transparent.

The present disclosure describes membranes suitable for use as guided tissue regeneration (GTR) barrier membranes and guided bone regeneration (GBR) barrier membranes in dental applications that are composed of fibrous and highly porous biodegradable materials fabricated using electrospinning and that may be surface-modified with plasma treatment or other suitable methods of surface-modification. The disclosed membranes have a high surface area to volume ratio. The use of the disclosed GTR barrier membranes or GBR barrier membranes provides a barrier that prevents the migration of soft tissue cells but is permeable to small molecules such as nutritional substances and medications. Methods of fabricating the disclosed resorbable barrier dental membranes for GTR and GBR applications using electrospinning are also disclosed. The disclosed membranes may have precisely tuned physical, chemical, and mechanical properties optimized for various GTR and GBR applications.

The invention relates to a flexible, stretchable, waterproof breathable textile material based on a block copolymer comprising at least one rigid polyamide PA block and at least one flexible block, characterized in that said copolymer includes at least one carboxylic acid chain end blocked with a polycarbodiimide. The invention also relates to the use of a polycarbodiimide in a process for manufacturing a textile material based on a copolymer containing polyamide blocks and flexible blocks including at least one carboxylic acid chain end, for improving the extrudability of the copolymer in textile material form and/or for improving the extrusion rate of said copolymer, and for improving the stretchability of the textile material, the flexibility of the textile material, its abrasion resistance and its tear strength.

The invention relates to a flexible, stretchable, waterproof breathable textile material based on a block copolymer comprising at least one rigid polyamide PA block and at least one flexible block, characterized in that said copolymer includes at least one carboxylic acid chain end blocked with a polycarbodiimide. The invention also relates to the use of a polycarbodiimide in a process for manufacturing a textile material based on a copolymer containing polyamide blocks and flexible blocks including at least one carboxylic acid chain end, for improving the extrudability of the copolymer in textile material form and/or for improving the extrusion rate of said copolymer, and for improving the stretchability of the textile material, the flexibility of the textile material, its abrasion resistance and its tear strength.

The present invention relates to a filament suitable to be used in a 3D printing device, wherein the filament comprises a metal and/or ceramic powder, a thermoplastic binder and additives. The invention also relates to a process for producing a shaped body comprising the step of printing a shaped green body using the filament according to the invention. Also provided is the use of a filament according to the invention in a 3D printing device and a green body producible by mixing a metal and/or ceramic powder and a thermoplastic binder. The invention also relates to the use of a binder of the invention for the production of a filament for 3D printing devices.

A nonwoven web comprising a layer of polymeric fibers, wherein, based on the total number of polymeric fibers, at least 10% the polymeric fibers in said layer are coarse fibers having a fiber diameter of 4 m or more, and at least 10% of the polymeric fibers in said layer are fine fibers having a fiber diameter of 2 m or less. Also described herein is a method for making the nonwoven web, comprising melt-blowing a polymer mixture comprising two immiscible or partially miscible polymers.