Active polymer compositions

An activated polymer composition comprising a molecularly self-assembling material and one or more active agents, wherein each active agent independently comprises an odor control material, polyelectrolyte, chelating agent, microspheres, non-peptidic antimicrobial substance selected from the group consisting of 10,10′-oxybisphenoxarsine;

• 2-(normal-octyl)-4-isothiazolin-3-one;
• 4,5-dichloro-2-(normal-octyl)-4-isothiazolin-3-one;
• 2,4,4′-trichloro-2′-hydroydiphenyl ether, an anti-clotting compound, a clotting compound, or a wound healing promoter, wherein the molecularly self-assembling material comprises repeat units of formula I:
• and at least one second repeat unit selected from the ester-amide units of Formula II and III:
• and the ester-urethane units of Formula IV:
• wherein:
• R is at each occurrence, independently a C2-C20 non-aromatic hydrocarbylene group, a C2-C20 non-aromatic heterohydrocarbylene group, or a polyalkylene oxide group having a group molecular weight of from about 100 grams per mole to about 5000 grams per mole;
• R1 at each occurrence independently is a bond or a C1-C20 non-aromatic hydrocarbylene group;
• R2 at each occurrence independently is a C1-C20 non-aromatic hydrocarbylene group;
• RN is —N(R3)—Ra—N(R3)—, where R3 at each occurrence independently is H or a C1-C6 alkylene and Ra is a C2-C20 non-aromatic hydrocarbylene group, or RN is a C2-C20 heterocycloalkyl group containing the two nitrogen atoms, wherein each nitrogen atom is bonded to a carbonyl group according to formula (III) above;
• n is at least 1 and has a mean value less than 2;
• and
• w represents the ester mol fraction of Formula I, and x, y and z represent the amide or urethane mole fractions of Formulas II, III, and IV, respectively, where w+x+y+z=1.