Patterned fibrous web

A process for making a web comprising a plurality of areas loaded with functional particles and forming a predetermined pattern over the length of the web, said process comprising

• dry forming a fibrous matrix on a first densified fibrous web impervious to said functional particles, yet permeable for access to said functional particles;
• thereafter distributing said functional particles in a predetermined pattern to provide a plurality of areas of said fibrous matrix comprising said functional particles in a three dimensional spaced apart arrangement, and an area surrounding said plurality of particle-loaded areas free of said functional particles;
• thereafter applying a second densified fibrous web impervious to said functional particles, yet permeable for access to said functional particles, on said fibrous matrix so that said plurality of particle-loaded areas is sandwiched between said first densified fibrous web and said second densified fibrous web, and
• thereafter effecting self-densification and bonding of said surrounding area free of said functional particles to laterally seal said functional particles within said plurality of particle-loaded areas, wherein said process further comprises bonding said first densified fibrous web and said second densified fibrous web to said fibrous matrix, to produce a patterned fibrous web.