Articles including microcapsules for on-demand adhesion and methods of making same

A method of making an article comprising:

• providing a substrate having a first major surface, the substrate comprising a nonwoven material, a woven material, or a foam, wherein the substrate has a compressive strength of from 50 Pa to 20,000 Pa at 10% compression;
• providing a plurality of microcapsules comprising an outer surface and a plasticizer encapsulated in the microcapsules;
• and
• attaching the plurality of microcapsules to the first major surface of the substrate with a polymeric material layer, thereby forming a polymeric matrix attached to the first major surface of the substrate;
• wherein a ratio of an average diameter of the plurality of microcapsules to an average coating thickness of the polymeric material layer on the substrate is 1.3 to 10;
• wherein the plurality of microcapsules further comprises a coating of the polymeric material on at least a portion of the outer surface of each microcapsule located above the upper surface of the polymeric material layer on the surface of the substrate;
• and
• wherein the polymeric material comprises a glass transition temperature (Tg) greater than 0° C.