Abstract: A material includes nonwoven fibers and a surface modification that crosslinks the nonwoven fibers together. The surface modification can include chemical reactive groups. The reactive groups can be selected from diisocyanates, alcohols, epoxides, imides, amides, imines, amines, diacrylates, disiloxanes and disilazanes. A method of forming the material electrospins fiber material in the form of fibers into a nonwoven material. A surface modification is introduced to the fibers either by modifying the fiber material before the electrospinning or by modifying the fiber surface after the electrospinning. The fibers are crosslinked to form the crosslinked nonwoven material.