Antibacterial nonwoven fabrics, incorporated with Ag, have been applied as masks and air conditioner filters to prevent the spread of disease from airborne respiratory pathogens. In this work, we present a comparison study Ag ions: AgCu nanoparticles (NPs) coated onto fabrics intended for use antibacterial filters. We illustrate their color changes durability running in conditioners using activ...

An activated carbon fiber nonwoven (ACF) was manufactured from a cotton nonwoven fabric. For the ACF acoustic application, a nonwoven composite of ACF with cotton nonwoven as a base layer was developed. Also produced were the composites of the cotton nonwoven base layer with a layer of glassfiber nonwoven, and the cotton nonwoven base layer with a layer of cotton fiber nonwoven. Their noise abs...

The textile and apparel production consumption generate a huge amount of solid waste. Mechanical recycling is one main method to recycle cotton waste; however, shredding in mechanical shortens fiber length reduces quality. As result, the application mechanically recycled textiles may be limited. This research investigated methods post-consumer waste designed developed second-life products. stud...

The unique physical and chemical characteristics of the plasma environment make it attractive for textile processing. Plasma is an ionized gas, i.e. it contains electrons, ions and neutral atoms and/or molecules. However, not all of the ionized gases used in textile processing will exhibit the properties associated with plasmas, mainly because of their low charge state densities compared to the...

Cotton fibers can be used to produce nonwovens suitable for numerous single use applications including hygiene, wipes, and medical products among others. comprises a relatively small amount of total raw materials in production compared the synthetic polyester polypropylene, but cotton continues increase due demand disposable containing natural, sustainable, biodegradable materials. However, rel...