公开(公告)号：US20200017682A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-16

申请号：US16509896

申请日：2019-07-12

Applicant: ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS OPERATIONS LLC

Inventor： Scott E. OSBORN ,  Wai-Shing YUNG

IPC: C08L77/02 ,  C08K3/08 ,  D01F9/08 ,  D01D5/00 ,  D01F6/90 ,  D01F1/10

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polymer resins, fibers, and yarns with permanent antimicrobial activity, and a method of producing the same. In one embodiment, the antimicrobial polymer resin comprises a polymer having less than 2500 ppm of zinc dispersed within the polymer, less than 1000 ppm of phosphorus, wherein the weight ratio of zinc to phosphorus is at least 1.3:1 or less than 0.64:1.