Cover Image, Volume 56, Issue 12

Nonwoven fabrics are popular in a wide range of products for both consumer and industrial use. In their work described on page 947, Koviljka A. Asanovic, Dragana D. Cerovic, Mirjana M. Kostic, Slavica B. Maletic, and Ana D. Kramar specifically examined the sorption and dielectric properties of viscose/polypropylene multi-purpose nonwoven fabrics. The cover shows an SEM microphotograph of one nowoven fabric investigated in this paper, an 80%/20% viscose/polypropylene nonwoven. The changes of the water absorptive capacity, height of capillary rise, and water retention value are a function of viscose fiber content, total porosity, pore size, and web bonding process. Effective dielectric permeability and AC specific electrical conductivity are dependent on viscose fiber content, web bonding process, frequency of electric field, and bulk free water content. (DOI: 10.1002/polb.24611)