Suitable analytical markers to assess the degree of degradation of historic silk textiles at molecular and macroscopic levels have been identified and compared with silk textiles aged artificially in different environments, namely (i) ultraviolet (UV) exposure, (ii) thermo-oxidation, (iii) controlled humidity and (iv) pH. The changes at the molecular level in the amino acid composition, the for...

One of the dream reactions in polymer chemistry is the bottom-up, self-assembled synthesis of polymer fabrics, with interwoven, one-dimensional fibres of monomolecular thickness forming planar pieces of textiles. We have made a major step towards realizing this goal by assembling sophisticated, quadritopic linkers into surface-mounted metal-organic frameworks. By sandwiching these quadritopic l...

Each year, twice as many people die in Europe from hospital acquired infections than from road accidents. These infectious diseases have developed antibiotic resistance and spread despite the best efforts of staff, mainly through textiles like bed linen. But the technology developed by a European research project helps fight back against the so-called superbugs, by using a revolutionary nanotec...

Introduction The elements of design serve as a foundation for the development and creation of all textiles and clothing products, including fabrics for interior spaces. Throughout history artisans and designers have utilized the elements of design in a variety of ways to create a certain aesthetic. Across the disciplines, the elements of design: line, space, shape, form, texture, and color are ...

Common cotton textiles are hydrophilic and oleophilic in nature. Superhydrophobic cotton textiles have the potential to be used as self-cleaning fabrics, but they typically are not super oil-repellent. Poor oil repellency may easily compromise the self-cleaning property of these fabrics. Here, we report on the preparation of superoleophobic cotton textiles based on a multilength-scale structure...

This paper describes finite element analysis of compaction for dry textiles during preform manufacture. The models are generated using procedures encompassed in our TexGen textile modeling schema. Meshing and material property allocations are performed automatically, including definition of material orientations for each of the elements. Tow elements are modeled using a transverse isotropic mod...

The simulation of the Liquid Composite Moulding process is an important step for the manufacturing of composites with textile reinforcements. However, its fast direct numerical simulation is impossible on the microscale due to computational complexity reasons. We have to resort to the macroscale instead. Here, an essential task is the fast and accurate prediction of the permeability of textile ...

Interest in antibacterial textiles has been increasing recently. Different kinds of antibacterial textiles with different effectivity are being sold in the market. The influence of time on the antibacterial activity of such textiles is not known generally. The goal of this research was to study the mechanism of commercially available antibacterial agent meant for cotton with regard to the influ...

Electronic textiles belong to the broader range of smart (or “intelligent”) textiles. Their “smartness” is enabled by embedded or added electronics and allows sensing defined parameters their environment as well actuating according these sensor data. For this purpose, different sensors (e.g., temperature, strain, light sensors) actuators LEDs mechanical actuators) are connected with a power sup...