Described in this disclosure is a surface configured to break down deposits thereon. The surface may include breakdown structures, oleophilic structures, and hydrophilic structures. The oleophilic structures and hydrophilic structures are configured to disperse a deposit, such as fingerprint residue, to the breakdown structures. This dispersion increases the surface area of the deposit with respect to the breakdown structures, increasing the contact area between the two. The breakdown structures modify the deposit physically, chemically, or both, such that fragments are distributed into the ambient environment. The surface may be applied to portable electronic devices.

A three-dimensional lattice architecture with a thickness hierarchy includes a first surface and a second surface separated from each other with a distance therebetween defining a thickness of the three-dimensional lattice architecture; a plurality of angled struts extending along a plurality of directions between the first surface and the second surface; a plurality of nodes connecting the plurality of angled struts with one another forming a plurality of unit cells. At least a portion of the plurality of angled struts are internally terminated along the thickness direction of the lattice structure and providing a plurality of internal degrees of freedom towards the first or second surface of the lattice architecture.

A conformable and optionally elastic weather resistant, comfortable fabric provides wind and rain resistance, plus thermal insulation, along with moisture transfer through the fabric, by combining a hydrophobic and dense outer layer with a bulky absorbent middle layer and a thin hydrophobic inner layer, joined by stitching and optionally subsequently shrinking to bulk the structure and re-adjust the openings formed by stitching. The third hydrophobic layer may be omitted and substituted with hydrophobic underlap yarns formed during the stitching process. The method provides high conformability and optionally elastic fit or inelastic pre-adjustable body fit.

A wettable, dispersion spun fluoropolymer fiber prepared from non-melt-processible fluoropolymer particles.

Provided are wallboards in which gypsum core is adhered to a paper cover sheet with an adhesive. Wallboards with laminated paper cover sheets in which an inner water-absorbent cover sheet is adhered to the outer paper cover sheet are provided as well. Methods for making these wallboards are provided as well.

A wettable, dispersion spun fluoropolymer fiber prepared from non-melt-processible fluoropolymer particles.

Fabrics made for apparel, tents, sleeping bags and the like, in various composites, constructed such that a combination of substrate layers and insulation layers is configured to provide improved thermal insulation. The fabric composites are constructed to form a radiant barrier against heat loss via radiation and via conduction from a body.

A cleaning article. The cleaning article has a laminate construction. The cleaning article comprises a sheet and a hydrophilic gather strip element joined together at plural bonds. The gather strip element has plural layers superimposed upon one another, providing strips extending outwardly from the bonds. Different layers are differentially bonded, to provide a construction which allows the strips to advantageously present a dynamically changing area to the target surface during cleaning, under normal usage conditions. By changing the surface area, more liquids, and associated debris, can be cleaned from the target surface.

Provided is a functional laminated film having a functional layer formed by dispersing functional materials in a binder, in which the functional laminated film can inhibit generation of bubbles in the functional layer, and can prevent the functional material from being deteriorated by water or oxygen. The functional layer is formed by dispersing functional materials in a binder, and the binder is formed by polymerizing monomers. The monomers include 50% by mass or more of monomers X having a molecular weight of 100 to 1,500 with respect to the total mass of the monomers, and the gas barrier performance of a gas barrier film is 0.005 [g/(m.sup.2.Math.day)] to 0.8 [g/(m.sup.2.Math.day)].

The present invention is a liquid-repellent film or sheet that exhibits an excellent liquid repellency, and a packaging material using the same. The liquid-repellent film or sheet comprises: a substrate layer (2); an adhesive layer (3) that comprises a thermoplastic resin, and is formed on at least one plane of the substrate layer (2); and a liquid-repellent layer (4) that comprises a resin (6) having a liquid-repellent moiety, and hydrophilic particles (5), and is formed on the surface of the adhesive layer (3).