Polymeric strands with high surface area or altered surface properties

• Main Author: JAMESON; LEE KIRBY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.09.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OFARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES ORRIBBONS; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING; TEXTILES

A melt-extrudable polymeric strand with altered physical properties formed by extruding an emulsion comprising a melt-extrudable polymer and an immiscible component while subjecting the emulsion to ultrasonic energy. In one embodiment, a melt-extrudable polymeric strand has a plurality of fissures i...