| abstract |
The present disclosure relates, in part, to webs or topsheets for absorbent articles and methods of making the same. The web and topsheet comprise bicomponent fibers having a first component and a second component, wherein the first component has a different hydrophilicity than the second component. The web and topsheet include continuous land areas and discrete areas with modified surface energies. One of the first component and the second component forms the outer surface of the fiber in the continuous landing zone, and the other of the components forms the outer surface of the fiber in the The outer surface of the fiber is formed at least in part in discrete regions of modified surface energy such that the discrete regions having a modified surface energy have a different hydrophilicity than the continuous landed regions. |