Mercer International Inc.
FIBROUS STRUCTURE PRODUCTS COMPRISING LAYERS EACH HAVING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CELLULOSE NANOPARTICLES

Abstract:

A fibrous structure having at least two layers is disclosed. Each of the at least two layers has a mixture of structural fibers selected from the group consisting of softwood fibers, non-wood fibers, natural non-cellulosic fibers, man-made cellulosic or non-cellulosic fibers, hardwood fibers, recycled fibers, and mixtures thereof. Each of the at least two layers are disposed in a face-to-face relationship. A second layer of the at least two layers has from about 0.05 percent to about 20 percent by weight of the second layer of cellulose nanoparticles.