Abstract:
A meltblown nonwoven formed from a bicomponent fiber, wherein: the bicomponent fiber has a first region and a second region, the first region is formed from a first composition comprising at least 75 wt.% of a polypropylene; the second region is formed from a second composition comprising at least 75 wt.% of an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer.
Abstract:
According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a multilayer elastic film comprises a core layer, a first outer layer, and a second outer layer. The core layer comprises at least 75 wt% polyolefin elastomer such as an ethylene/alpha-olefin block copolymer or a propylene-based plastomer. The first outer layer and the second outer layer each comprise at least 75 wt% of an ethylene-based copolymer, wherein the ethylene-based copolymer is selected from the group consisting of: (I) greater than 50 wt% of ethylene, from 5 to 16 wt% of an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated C3-C8 carboxylic acid, and optionally, from 0.5 to 10 wt% of an alkyl acrylate; (II) from 86 to 95 wt% of ethylene, and from 5 to 14 wt% of an alkyl acrylate; and (III) combinations thereof.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards multilayer films including a first layer formed from 50 to 90 weight percent of a polyolefinic elastomer and from 10 to 50 weight percent of a polystyrene based upon a total weight of the first layer, a second layer formed from 70 to 100 weight percent of the polyolefinic elastomer and from 0 to 30 weight percent of the polystyrene based upon a total weight of the second layer; and a third layer formed from 50 to 90 weight percent of the polyolefinic elastomer and from 10 to 50 weight percent of the polystyrene based upon a total weight of the third layer, wherein the first layer is adjacent to the second layer and the second layer is adjacent to the third layer.
Abstract:
A stretch-modified elastomeric multilayer film comprising a core layer comprising a first ethylene-α-olefin block copolymer, wherein the first ethylene-α-olefin block copolymer comprises at least 50 mol.% ethylene, has a melt index (I2) from 0.5 g/10 min to 5 g/10 min, and has a density of 0.850 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc, and at least one outer layer independently comprising a second ethylene-α-olefin block copolymer and from 2.5 to 30 wt.% of an antiblock agent, wherein the second ethylene-α-olefin block copolymer comprises at least 50 mol.% ethylene, has a melt index (I2) from 0.5 g/10 min to 25 g/10 min, and has a density of 0.850 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc, wherein the density of the first ethylene-α-olefin block copolymer is equal to or greater than the density of the second ethylene-α-olefin block copolymer.
Abstract:
The present invention is an extensible nonwoven comprising a polyolefin elastomer fiber wherein the surface of the fiber further comprises an inorganic filler or PDMS or combinations thereof, wherein the inorganic filler, if present, has D-90 particle size of 5 microns or less.
Abstract:
Provided are bicomponent fibers with improved curvature. The bicomponent fibers comprise a first polymer region or first region and a second polymer region or second region. The first region according to embodiments of the present disclosure comprises an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer and has a light scattering cumulative detector fraction (CDFLS) of greater than 0.1200, wherein the CDFLS is computed by measuring the area fraction of a low angle laser light scattering (LALLS) detector chromatogram greater than, or equal to, 1,000,000 g/mol molecular weight using Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC). The second region comprises a polyester. The bicomponent fibers can be used for forming nonwovens.
Abstract:
Provided are absorbent layers and articles, and methods for making absorbent layers and articles. The absorbent layer is suitable for use in an absorbent article and may include a nonwoven that includes bicomponent fibers and superabsorbent polymer material interconnected within the nonwoven. The absorbent layer according to different embodiment may include a three-dimensional random loop material with superabsorbent polymer material adhered to the three-dimensional random loop material. Absorbent articles may comprise the absorbent layer according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The method for making the absorbent layer includes providing a nonwoven and dosing the nonwoven with superabsorbent polymer material.
Abstract:
An elastic film-forming thermoplastic elastomer resin composition for forming an elastic film including: (a) at least one thermoplastic elastomer such as an olefinic block copolymer; and (b) at least one specific nucleation agent; wherein the resulting blended resin composition of components (a) and (b) improves the elastic performance (e.g., physical properties of elasticity such as retractive force, hysteresis, and immediate set) of a cast film made from the above resin blend composition; and an elastic film made from the above resin blend composition.
Abstract:
A nonwoven fabric comprises at least one fiber having a first component prepared from at least 75 wt.% of bimodalethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer composition, wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer composition is characterized by: a density in the range of 0.930 to 0.965 g/cm 3 , a melt index (I2) in the range of from 10 to 60 g/10 minutes, wherein the I2 is measured according to ASTM D1238, 190C, 2.16 kg, a molecular weight distribution, expressed as the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight (M w(GPC) /M n(GPC) ) as determined by GPC of from 1.5 to 2.6, a tan delta at 1 radian/second of at least 45, a low temperature peak and a high temperature peak on an elution profile via improved comonomer composition distribution (ICCD) procedure, and a full width at half maximum of the high temperature peak is less than 6.0 °C.
Abstract:
Provided are bicomponent fibers with improved curvature. The bicomponent fiber comprises a first region and a second region. The first region comprises a first polyethylene composition and second region comprises a second polyethylene composition, wherein the first polyethylene composition has a crystallization temperature (Tc) greater than a crystallization temperature (Tc) of the second polyethylene composition. The bicomponent fiber can be used to form a nonwoven.