Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

Keyur Desai

Jian Qin

Donald Eugene Waldroup

Wing-Chak Ng

Stephen Michael Campbell

Stephen Michael Lindsay

Deborah Joy Calewarts

Jeffrey Frank Jurena

A nonwoven substrate includes individual fibers each having a fiber surface and a fiber diameter, wherein a portion of the individual fibers include a micro-embossed pattern, and wherein the micro-embossed pattern includes pattern elements equal to or smaller than the fiber diameter. The pattern elements can be recessed into and/or extend out of the fiber surface, and the nonwoven substrate can include polypropylene or polyethylene. A disposable absorbent article includes a nonwoven substrate having individual fibers each having a fiber surface and a fiber diameter, wherein a portion of the individual fibers include a micro-embossed pattern, and wherein the micro-embossed pattern includes pattern elements equal to or smaller than the fiber diameter.

Micro- and nano-structured fiber-based substrates

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Greenville, WI, United States of America

Keyur Desai