Comments on the Paper Entitled “Splitting of Islands-in-the-Sea Fibers (PA6/COPET) During Hydroentangling of Nonwovens”

摘要

The Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics (JEFF) is gaining wide recognition in the global R&D community. However, this paper appears to fall short of your normal publishing standards. The data presented is unfortunately technically incomplete and inaccurate, plus the background literature omits some important publications and other ongoing research in this area. Various sections are dealt with separately below: Misleading title To use the term "splitting" is inaccurate and incorrect for fibers such as islands in the sea. Split refers to "dividing" or "breaking-up". A more appropriate term would be fibrillate or fracture. This is indeed why the title of several patents held by NC State filed over the last 5 years refers to fibrillating bicomponent fibers such as islands in the sea and other cross sections