IMPROVEMENT OF TEXTILE FIBERS BY RESIN FINISHING

Cyclodextrins in Textile Finishing

Transparent conductive graphene textile fibers

Transparent and flexible electrodes are widely used on a variety of substrates such as plastics and glass. Yet, to date, transparent electrodes on a textile substrate have not been explored. The exceptional electrical, mechanical and optical properties of monolayer graphene make it highly attractive as a transparent electrode for applications in wearable electronics. Here, we report the transfe...

Photocatalytic Self Cleaning Textile Fibers by Coaxial Electrospinning

Photocatalytic self-cleaning textile fibers have been created using coaxial electrospinning. This is accomplished by electrospinning cellulose acetate as the core phase and a dispersion of nanocrystalline TiO2, a well-known photocatalyst, in the sheath phase. A simple deacetylation step after the initial electrospinning yields self-cleaning textile fibers. Self-cleaning activity is exhibited at...

Improvement of Strength Parameters of Sand Reinforced with Polymeric Fibers

Triaxial consolidated drained, unconfined compression, and CBR tests have been conducted in order to study the stress-strain, strength, and volume change characteristics of fine sand specimens reinforced by polymeric fibers made from carpet wastes. The variables are aspect ratio (length/width) and weight percentage of the fibers. The results indicate that the peak strength and total volume chan...

Fibers for Textile - Based Electrical Energy Storage

This research will demonstrate feasibility for manufacturing fiber-based ceramic capacitors suitable for electrical energy storage within multifunctional textile products. Capacitive energy storage is well matched to applications requiring high specific power, long cycle life, and high reliability. We are using a simple chemical scheme for preparing fiber-based capacitors by coating electricall...