An artificial leather includes a resin layer as the surface and a base fabric connected to the resin layer as the substrate. The base fabric comprises at least two monolayer structures arranged in an orderly manner as two laminates. Each monolayer structure is woven with some of the warp yarns and/or weft yarns in such layer or with some of the warp yarns and/or weft yarns in one or more other layers to form a number of connecting points, such that at least two monolayer structures arranged in an orderly manner as two laminates are connected with each other in the weaving process, forming a multi-layer integrated base fabric. The artificial leather incorporates a number of air vent holes distributed in the resin layer and the base fabric in the direction of thickness while retaining mechanical properties of tensile strength and tear resistance.

A composite material contains a nonwoven layer (i) which contains fibers formed from a first thermoplastic elastomer having meshes with a mesh size in the range from 10 to 100 μm, and a membrane layer (ii) which contains a second thermoplastic elastomer and having a layer thickness of less than 30 μm. The membrane is either pore-free (ii.1) or is porous and has pores with an average pore diameter of less than 2000 nm (ii.2). The membrane (ii) is at least partially in direct contact with the fibers of the nonwoven layer (i) and covers the mesh openings in the nonwoven layer (i) at least partially. The fibers of the first nonwoven layer (i) and the membrane (ii) in the contact area are at least partly joined to one another in an interlocking manner.

A moisture-permeable waterproof fabric includes: a cloth (i), an adhesive layer (ii), and a surface skin layer (iii). The adhesive layer (ii) is formed from a moisture-curable polyurethane hot melt resin composition that contains a urethane prepolymer (C) having an isocyanate group, and the urethane prepolymer (C) is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate (B) and a polyol (A) containing a biomass-derived polyester polyol (a1). The surface skin layer (iii) is formed from a urethane resin composition that contains a urethane resin (R) containing a polyol (P) and a polyisocyanate (Q) as essential raw materials thereof, and the polyol (P) contains a polyol (P1) having an oxyethylene group and a specific polyester polyol (P2).

A textile fabric having improved properties, variously including surface stability, abrasion resistance, resistance to edge fraying, moisture control, and resistance to fluid penetration is created by introducing a polymeric solution or a plurality of low-melting particles suspended in a liquid into the textile fabric while leaving a plurality of surface fibers exposed and maintaining a textile feel on the surface.

A non-asphaltic breathable sheet is provided that includes at least one breathable polymer layer and at least one nonwoven layer. The breathable sheet may include an open-mesh reinforcing fabric embedded in a breathable polymer layer. The breathable sheet has an advantageous balance of strength, water resistance, and permeability to water vapor.

A method of manufacturing a functional fabric includes the steps of: (a) providing an undyed base fabric having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface; (b) forming a moisture-permeable waterproof layer on the top surface of the base fabric; and (c) forming at least one pattern layer on at least one of the moisture-permeable waterproof layer or the bottom surface of the base fabric.

The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion of polyurethane and a method for preparing the same, use thereof in a coating composition, and a coated product. The aqueous dispersion of polyurethane comprises a polyurethane polymer which is obtained by a reaction of a reaction mixture comprising a polyurethane prepolymer A) and an isocyanate-reactive component B), said polyurethane prepolymer A) being obtained by a reaction comprising the following components: A1) a polyisocyanate which has a functionality of not less than 2; and A2) a multifunctional polyether polyol which has a functionality of not less than 3 in an amount of 1% to 30% by weight, based on the amount of said reaction mixture as 100% by weight. The aqueous dispersion of polyurethane according to the present invention is well dispersed, and is capable of forming a coat with good waterproof, moisture permeability and washing resistance.

A skin material containing, in the following order: a base fabric that is configured to contain fibers having a synthetic resin coating layer, wherein fibers adjacent to each other in the base fabric are at least partially fused with each other; and an adhesive layer and a skin layer, which are provided at a surface of at least one side of the base fabric in this order from the base fabric, the skin material having a plurality of ventilation holes passing through the skin material in a thickness direction.

A composite skin material for a vehicle wherein a synthetic leather includes a surface resin layer having a plurality of openings, an adhesion layer present on the rear surface of the surface resin layer, and a fibrous base material present on the rear surface of the surface resin layer across the adhesion layer, and the adhesion layer is present only at the adherend part, except for the plurality of openings, in the rear surface of the surface resin layer, and the base material surface of the fibrous base material is bonded to the surface resin layer.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a functional film via coffee oil, comprising (a) extracting a coffee oil from coffee; (b) modifying the coffee oil to obtain an epoxidized coffee oil; (c) adding an alcohol into the epoxidized coffee oil to obtain a coffee polyol; (d) synthesizing a polyurethane dispersive solution with the coffee polyol; (e) coating a surface of a substrate with the polyurethane dispersive solution; and (f) drying and fixing the surface of the substrate. The present invention further provides a functional textile comprising a functional film prepared by the method of above.