The present invention provides compositions comprising aligned fibers of electrospun PNIPAAm and poly (-caprolactone) (PCL) (denoted PNIPAAm/PCL fibers). The PNIPAAm/PCL compositions enable enhanced growth and detachment of intact anisotropic cell sheets. The compositions do not require chemical modification or resource-intensive techniques, thus saving time and expense, and have the potential to generate tissue-specific, aligned cell sheets for transplant studies.

A method of producing a fine fiber, including treating a cellulose raw material with an enzyme; and fibrillating the treated cellulose raw material; treating with the enzyme under a condition where at least a ratio of endo-glucanase activity to cellobiohydrolase activity that is 0.06 or greater. The cellulose raw material may be a plant fiber. The method efficiently produces a fine fiber from a cellulose raw material at low cost and with a low environmental burden, a fine fiber, and a non-woven fabric.

A nanofiber nonwoven product is disclosed which comprises a polyamide with a relative viscosity from 2 to 330, spun into nanofibers with an average diameter of less than 1000 nanometers (1 micron). In general, the inventive products are prepared by: (a) providing a polyamide composition, wherein the polyamide has a relative viscosity from 2 to 330; (b) melt spinning the polyamide composition into a plurality of nanofibers having an average fiber diameter of less than 1 micron, followed by (c) forming the nanofibers into the product.

The present invention relates to meltblown non-woven fabric, multi-layered spunbonded non-woven fabric comprising same, and a method for manufacturing same, and to: meltblown non-woven fabric which uses recycled polyester flakes, thus being environmentally friendly, and is a material used in a sound absorbing material for automobiles due to the excellent rigidity, sound absorption capability and compressive modulus thereof, and thus can be used in automobile interior materials that require rigidity, sound absorption capability, and compressive modulus, such as wheel guards and trunk trims of automobiles; multi-layered spunbonded non-woven fabric comprising same; and a method for manufacturing same.

The present disclosure provides a glass fiber having a fiber diameter of 18 ?m or less and including a glass composition. A MgO content in the glass composition is 15 mol % or more, and a common logarithm log ? of a viscosity ? [dPa.Math.s] of the glass composition at a devitrification temperature is 2.6 or more. The present disclosure also provides a glass composition which includes, in mol %: SiO.sub.2 50 to 65%; Al.sub.2O.sub.3 5 to 26%; B.sub.2O.sub.3 0 to 1.6%; MgO 15 to 30%; CaO 0 to 8%; Li.sub.2O 0 to 2.4%; and Na.sub.2O more than 0.2% and 2.85% or less and in which a sum of a Li.sub.2O content, a Na.sub.2O content, a K.sub.2O content is 0.3 to 3.0%, and a ratio of the Na.sub.2O content to this sum is 0.2 or more and 0.95 or less.

A nanofiber-based directional moisture wicking electronic fabric and preparation methods thereof are provided. The electronic fabric includes hydrophobic fibrous layer, hydrophilic fibrous layer, and conductive functional coating layer. In the preparation method of the nanofiber-based electronic fabric, the hydrophobic nanofibers, the conductive coating layer, and the hydrophilic nanofibers are successively constructed by the combination of electrospinning and electrostatic spraying technology. Through the construction of hydrophilic and hydrophobic differences, the all-fibrous electronic fabric of the invention is enabled to transport sweat from the skin surface to hydrophilic nanofibers to maintain good comfort and has the merit of good electricity at the same time. The all-fibrous electronic fabric is easy to be fabricated and has a wide application prospect in the fields of waterproof and moisture permeable clothing and intelligent wearable electronics.

The present invention provides compositions comprising aligned fibers of electrospun PNIPAAm and poly (?-caprolactone) (PCL) (denoted PNIPAAm/PCL fibers). The PNIPAAm/PCL compositions enable enhanced growth and detachment of intact anisotropic cell sheets. The compositions do not require chemical modification or resource-intensive techniques, thus saving time and expense, and have the potential to generate tissue-specific, aligned cell sheets for transplant studies.

A method for arranging nanotube elements within nanotube fabric layers and films is disclosed. A directional force is applied over a nanotube fabric layer to render the fabric layer into an ordered network of nanotube elements. That is, a network of nanotube elements drawn together along their sidewalls and substantially oriented in a uniform direction. In some embodiments this directional force is applied by rolling a cylindrical element over the fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by passing a rubbing material over the surface of a nanotube fabric layer. In other embodiments this directional force is applied by running a polishing material over the nanotube fabric layer for a predetermined time. Exemplary rolling, rubbing, and polishing apparatuses are also disclosed.

Durable hydrophilic compositions comprising aliphatic polyester, an anionic surfactant, and in some embodiments, a carrier.

An object of the invention is to provide a nanofiber having excellent uniformity of the fiber diameter and capable of giving a satisfactory external appearance in a case in which the nanofiber is used to produce a nonwoven fabric, and a nonwoven fabric produced using the nanofiber. The nanofiber of the invention is a nanofiber containing a cellulose acylate having a degree of substitution of from 2.75 to 2.95.