| abstract |
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an absorbent article such as a diaper, diaper, pantiliner, sanitary napkin, or incontinence guard, wherein the absorbent article comprises a topsheet that is permeable to a backsheet and an absorbent layer disposed between the liquid-permeable topsheet and the backsheet, the absorbent layer comprising or consisting of a monolithic absorbent structure of a hydrogel-forming material, the absorbent structure comprising at its surface of the openings, the method comprising the step of manufacturing the absorbent structure by photopolymerization, layer by layer, a photopolymerizable composition; an absorbent article obtainable by this method and a series of such absorbent articles. |