Abstract: Upper components for footwear include: (a) a first upper component that includes a first layer having a first material as a first filament including first plural, non-intersecting, spaced apart path segments (wherein the first filament has a width dimension of less than 3 mm wide (and in some examples, less than 2 mm wide, less than 1.5 mm wide, less than 1 mm wide, or even less than 0.75 mm wide)); and (b) a second upper component including a fabric element formed at least in part of a fusible material, wherein the fusible material of the second upper component is fused to the first material of the first upper component (e.g., in an adhesive-free manner). Additional layers of material, including additional layers including filament and/or fabric elements, e.g., of the types described above, may be included in the upper.

Abstract: Textile article with a pattern comprising graphene, defining a surface with empty portions and full portions, with a percentage of coverage from 10 to 70% of the surface defined by the pattern, so as to form a thermal circuit for optimal management of the heat absorbed and of the breathability of the article, and the process for its preparation.

Abstract: Provided is a semi-aromatic polyamide fiber having excellent spinning stability, heat resistance and chemical resistance. The semi-aromatic polyamide fiber includes a semi-aromatic polyamide resin having a melting point of 290° C. or higher and a plasticizer having a 5% thermal weight reduction temperature of 320° C. or higher, the resin having as a dicarboxylic acid component an aromatic dicarboxylic acid unit and as a diamine component 1,9-nonanediamine unit and 2-methyl-1,8-octanediamine unit in a molar ratio (the former:the latter) of 70:30 to 99:1.

Abstract: Carbon-based composite materials are provided, such as those comprising at least 80 weight % of graphitic carbon comprising functional groups capable of forming hydrogen bonds, the graphitic carbon in the form of a mat of randomly entangled elongated structures; not more than 20 weight % of a polymer or a nanofiber thereof, dispersed within the graphitic carbon, the polymer or the nanofiber thereof comprising corresponding functional groups capable of forming hydrogen bonds with the functional groups of the graphitic carbon; and a plurality of hydrogen bonds at an interface formed between the graphitic carbon and the polymer or the nanofiber thereof, the plurality of hydrogen bonds formed between the functional groups of the graphitic carbon and the corresponding functional groups of the polymer or the nanofiber thereof.

Abstract: A method for coating a material having a plurality of fibers includes treating at least a portion of the fibers by applying a liquid solution over at least a portion of the fibers of the material in which the liquid solution includes a polymer dispersed in a liquid medium, drying at least a portion of the liquid solution applied over the fibers of the material to obtain a dried polymeric material that forms a network of discontinuous dried polymeric particles over the fibers, applying to at least a portion of the fibers a first coating composition comprising a film-forming resin that interacts with the dried polymeric material, and drying the first coating composition to form a first coating layer over at least a portion of the fibers. A coated material is also included.

Abstract: Method and composition for increasing the electrical and thermal conductivity of a textile article comprising the application of a composition comprising graphene and an inorganic pigment, so as to form a layer that consists of a thermal circuit for optimal management of heat and an electrical circuit for dissipation of the static electricity accumulated on the textile article.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to an article of clothing that includes a base material with a moisture vapor transfer rate (MVTR) of at least 2000 g/m2/24 h (JIS 1099 A1). The article of clothing may further include a foam-based spacer material coupled to the first side of the base material. The foam-based spacer material may be positioned between the base material and a wearer of the article of clothing when the article of clothing is worn. The foam-based spacer material may be an array of discrete elements coupled with the base material. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: An article including one or more moisture wicking layers and one or more fibrous layers. The fibrous layers may have generally vertically oriented fibers, which may be oriented generally perpendicularly to a surface having or producing moisture. The article may be adapted to remove moisture form the surface having or producing moisture. The article may be breathable. The article may be quick drying. The article may provide cushioning. The article may be a wearable item.

Abstract: A synthetic resin skin material and a manufacturing method thereof, the synthetic resin skin material including, in this order: a base fabric; a thermoplastic resin layer having a storage elastic modulus at 160° C. of 2,000,000 Pa or less measured in accordance with JIS K 7244 (1998); and a skin layer containing a urethane resin, wherein the synthetic resin skin material has recesses at a side of the skin layer, the recesses having a depth, in a thickness direction of the synthetic resin skin material, that extends from the skin layer as far as an inner part of the thermoplastic resin layer, past a boundary that is present between the skin layer and the thermoplastic resin layer at a non-recessed region.

Abstract: Articles of wear having one or more textiles that include a low processing temperature polymeric composition and a high processing temperature polymeric composition, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The low processing temperature polymeric composition and the high processing temperature polymeric composition can be selectively incorporated into a textile to provide one or more structural properties and/or other advantageous properties to the article. The textile can be thermoformed to impart such structural and/or other advantageous properties to the article of wear. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Abstract: An acrylic fiber for artificial hair may include an acrylic copolymer. The acrylic fiber has a fiber cross section including 2 to 4 T-shaped protrusions that extend radially from a central portion. Each of the T-shaped protrusions has an arc-shaped upper side that bulges in a direction away from the central portion. A circumradius of the fiber cross section is 40.0 to 60.0 ?m. A distance between adjacent end portions of the corresponding upper sides of the adjacent T-shaped protrusions is 3.0 to 60.0 ?m. An axial width is 10.0 ?m or more. Torsional rigidity of the acrylic fiber is 0.30 to 2.0 mg·cm2. The acrylic fiber for artificial hair has high volume, good texture, and good twist processability, and a hair ornament may include the acrylic fiber for artificial hair.

Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-pilling wool fabric with a coating having pilling resistance and resistance to fiber loss from fabric surface. The coating is formed by a coating formulation including at least two diisocyanates, at least two catalyst, a water dispersing agent, a buffer and water, which provides a polycarbodiimide crosslinker reactive to the relative less reactive groups on polypeptide of the wool fabric and promotes crosslinking between polypeptides of the wool fabric under relatively mild processing conditions so as to enhance mechanical strength of the wool fabric whilst no significant effect of the original finish merino wool fabric and/or garment and fiber loss from fabric surface are observed, compared to conventional treatment methods on wool fabric. A corresponding coating formulation and method of fabricating the anti-pilling wool fabric are also provided.

Abstract: Resin dissolved or suspended in liquid is applied to a greige fabric formed with finer denier yarns forming surface loops before the fabric is bulked and after the liquid has been removed by low-temperature drying. The dried fabric is then bulked at a higher temperature setting the resin, resulting in superior loop tip resilience, and superior surface durability. Bulking and simultaneous resin setting optionally includes shrinking in area by 10-20%. Print appearance retention is also superior when printing follows bulking and setting of the resin.

Abstract: Functional agent-containing fibers according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a functional agent is supported by silicone fixed to the fibers. The silicone includes an acrylic-modified organopolysiloxane having two or more acrylic groups per molecule. A rate of decrease in the functional agent after the functional agent-containing fibers are washed 10 times is less than 40%. In the present invention, the functional agent-containing fibers may be produced, e.g., by irradiating fibers impregnated with a fiber treatment agent A containing silicone with an electron beam so that the silicone is fixed to the fibers, and impregnating the fibers to which the silicone has been fixed with a fiber treatment agent B containing a functional agent. The functional agent-containing fibers may be produced, e.g.

Abstract: A knitted spacer fabric has a first warp-knitted layer having wales running in a production direction and rows of stitches extending in a transverse direction, a second warp-knitted layer also having wales running in a production direction and rows of stitches extending in a transverse direction. Spacer yarns connect the knitted layers, and at least one of the knitted layers are composed of nonconductive yarns and conductive yarns. The conductive yarns are incorporated into the one knitted layer in some areas in a functional region extending in a production direction and resting on the respective knitted layer in a connection region that extends over a plurality of rows of stitches as a float stitch.

Abstract: A protein surface layer is formed on a surface of a base fiber comprising a natural protein fiber including silk or a synthetic protein fiber including Chinon. The protein surface layer is divided in a plurality of particles by cracks. The resultant fibers with the protein surface layer divided in particles by cracks affords bulky textile products with an improved texture.

Abstract: Nonwoven webs formed from modified 1,3-?-D-glucan polymer and methods of forming the nonwoven webs are disclosed. The modified 1,3-?-D-glucan polymer can have a number average degree of polymerization in the range of from 55 to 10,000. The nonwoven webs can be used for personal hygiene wipes, filtration media, apparel or other uses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nonwoven fabric sheet comprising at least two adjacent layers of spunbonded nonwoven webs, one of which is an elastic layer in the form of a spunbonded nonwoven web comprising elastic fibers formed from a thermoplastic elastomer polymer material. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing such nonwoven and the use of such nonwoven.

Abstract: A glass cloth including warp yarns and weft yarns that are glass yarns each formed by bundling 30 to 44 glass filaments each having a circle-equivalent diameter of 3.0 to 4.4 ?m, wherein the weaving density of the warp yarns and the weft yarns is 85 to 125 yarns/25 mm, at least either of the warp yarn and the weft yarn is a flat glass yarn formed of flat glass filaments, the weaving density thereof is less than 100 yarns/25 mm, the major axis DL of the flat glass filament is 3.3 to 6.0 ?m, the minor axis DS is 2.0 to 3.9 ?m, the number of twists T of each of the flat glass yarns is 0.70 twists/25 mm or less, and the number of the flat glass filaments F constituting each of the flat glass yarns, T, DL, and DS satisfy the following expression: 89.0 ? F × ( DL × ( 1 - T 1 / 2 ) + DS × T 1 / 2 ) / ( DL / DS ) ? 129.0 .

Abstract: A nonwoven web comprising a layer of polymeric fibers, wherein, based on the total number of polymeric fibers, at least 10% the polymeric fibers in said layer are coarse fibers having a fiber diameter of 4 ?m or more, and at least 10% of the polymeric fibers in said layer are fine fibers having a fiber diameter of 2 ?m or less. Also described herein is a method for making the nonwoven web, comprising melt-blowing a polymer mixture comprising two immiscible or partially miscible polymers.