Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous formulation particularly for generating electrically conductive and/or reflective structures by microcontact printing, characterized in that the formulation contains at least a) ?15 to ?55 parts by weight water, b) ?10 to ?50 parts by weight alcohol, c) ?15 to ?45 parts by weight metal-based nanoparticles, d) 0.5 to ?10 parts by weight non-fluorinated surfactant, and e) ?0.5 to ?10 parts by weight fluorinated surfactant, wherein the above defined constituents a) to e) summarize to a concentration of ?100 parts by weight in the formulation. The wetting behavior especially of hydrophobic materials may significantly be improved. The present invention further relates to a method of generating structures, particularly being electrically conductive and/or reflective, on a substrate by microcontact printing and a substrate comprising such a structure.

Abstract: A multilayered nonwoven composite web particularly useful as a substitute for a woven web such as a textile web, and having improved liquid wicking and retention properties comprising a first layer of fibrous material selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic meltblown man-made fibers, thermoplastic spunbonded man-made fibers, thermoplastic man-made staple fibers and combinations thereof, this first layer being light weight, and a second layer of cellulosic-based fibers, preferably cotton fibers, the first and second layers being thermally bonded together over about 5 to 75% of the surface area of the web to form a coherent web having an air permeability of between about 25 and about 37 ft.sup.3 /min/ft.sup.2 (0.127 and 0.188 m.sup.3 /sec/m.sup.2). In a preferred embodiment, the composite web includes at least a third layer of thermoplastic man-made fibers and the layer of cellulose-based fibers is sandwiched between the two layers of thermoplastic man-made fibers.