An uncoated nonwoven fibrous mat having a reduced air porosity is disclosed comprising a first plurality of fibers having a length between about 10 mm and 20 mm and an average diameter between about 9 μm and 15 μm; a second plurality of fibers having a length between about 3 mm and 8 mm and an average diameter between about 5 μm and 8 μm; and a binder composition. The uncoated nonwoven fibrous mat has an air porosity less than about 550 CFM.

Charged polymeric webs, such as electret webs, include a thermoplastic resin and a charge-enhancing additive. The additives are substituted benzothiazole compounds or substituted benzoxazole compounds. The substituent groups may be hydroxyl, mercapto, or aromatic groups. The electret webs may be a non-woven fibrous web or a film. The electret webs are suitable for use as filter media.

Provided are staple fibers for air laid capable of improving dispersibility, and a method for producing the same. The staple fibers for air laid are characterized by including stable fibers to which a fiber treatment agent containing a hydrophilic oil agent and a silicone-containing oil agent is adhered in an amount of 0.7 to 2 wt % of a weight of the staple fibers, wherein a weight ratio of the hydrophilic oil agent and the silicone-containing oil agent contained in the fiber treatment agent (a weight of the hydrophilic oil agent/a weight of the silicone-containing oil agent) is within a range of 60/40 to 90/10, and a moisture content is 2 to 13%.

There are provided microfibers that generate less formaldehyde and acetaldehyde and have a favorable fiber openness, a fiber molded body using the microfibers, and a method for producing the same. The method for producing a fiber molded body of the present invention is a method for producing a fiber molded body comprising molding of a fiber mixture, wherein the fiber mixture comprises microfibers, wherein the content of the microfibers in the fiber mixture is 5 mass % or more, wherein, in the microfibers, an amount of an oil adhered is 0.1 to 1 mass %, a total amount of ethylene oxide units and propylene oxide units generated is 0.01 to 0.5 mass %, and a single fiber fineness is 0.01 to 0.5 dtex.

There is provided a fiber molded body for sound absorbing/sound insulation materials, which is lightweight and has excellent sound absorption performance. The fiber molded body for sound absorbing/sound insulation materials of the present invention is a fiber molded body for sound absorbing/sound insulation materials comprising uncolored ultrafine chemical fibers and colored fibers or reclaimed fibers, wherein the single fiber fineness of the ultrafine chemical fibers is 0.01 to 0.5 dtex, the content of the ultrafine chemical fibers is 5 to 70 mass % and the content of the colored fibers or the reclaimed fibers is 20 to 60 mass %, in the fiber molded body for sound absorbing/sound insulation materials.

An electrically conductive nonwoven includes: a raw nonwoven having a first electrical conductivity; and electrically conductive particles having a second electrical conductivity. The second electrical conductivity is higher than the first electrical conductivity. In an embodiment, the particles have a proportion by weight of from 30% to 60%. In an embodiment, the particles have a size of from 3 μm to 8 μm.

An enzyme responsive shape memory polymer formed from a glassy, cross-linked shape memory polymer that incorporates ester bonds that are responsive to the present of an enzyme. PCL-based polyurethanes (featuring simple alternation of PCL diol and lysine-based diisocyanate) are degradable by Amano lipase PS. A non-degradable thermoplastic elastomer may be dual electrospun with a polycaprolactone based TPU with the fixing phase compressed so that the composite is ready for enzymatically triggered contraction. Alternatively, the elastomer may be a PCL copolymer-based polyurethane amorphous elastomer that is both degradable and elastomeric and put into compression so that upon enzymatic degradation of the elastomeric phase the scaffold expands.

A thermoplastic core-sheath fiber comprises: a polymer fiber core having a coextensive sheath layer disposed thereon, and an electrostatic charge enhancing additive. The sheath layer may comprise poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) and the fiber core and the sheath layer have different compositions. At least one of the fiber core or the sheath layer comprises an electret charge. A nonwoven fibrous web comprising the core-sheath fibers and a respirator including the nonwoven fibrous web are also disclosed.

Fibrous structures, for example sanitary tissue products, containing a plurality of filaments that employ one or more filament-forming materials, such as one or more hydroxyl polymers, and one or more hueing agents, present within the filaments such that the fibrous structures exhibit a Whiteness Index of greater than 72 as measured according to the Whiteness Index Test Method described herein.

Disclosed herein are nonwoven webs comprising a nonwoven substrate and a binder comprising a polysaccharide. In one embodiment, the polysaccharide can comprise poly alpha-1,3-glucan, a poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound as disclosed herein, a poly alpha-1,3-glucan ester compound as disclosed herein, a graft copolymer comprising a backbone comprising dextran and poly alpha-1,3-glucan side chains, a crosslinked graft copolymer comprising a backbone comprising dextran and poly alpha-1,3-glucan chains, or a mixture thereof. Also disclosed are articles comprising the nonwoven webs, and methods of making the nonwoven webs.