The presented paper concerns scientific research on processing a poly(lactide-co-glycolide-co-trimethylene carbonate) copolymer (PLLAGLTMC) with thermally induced shape memory and a transition temperature around human body temperature. The material in the literature called terpolymer was used to produce smart, nonwoven fabric with the melt blowing technique. Bioresorbable and biocompatible terp...

Silk fabrics were modified by a treatment of silver nitrate solution (AgNO3) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as a stabilizer then exposure to γ-irradiation to create antibacterial properties. Effects of the absorbed dose on treated fabrics were investigated. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns were used to confirm the presence of silver nanoparticles (AgNP...

In article number 2008278, Vanessa Sanchez, Conor J. Walsh, and Robert Wood review the state of art in textile-based wearable robots. The application areas for textile robots their diverse needs drive materials innovations actuators, sensors, integration elements. Advances production technologies suggest a future additively manufactured wearables where function is programmed at fiber fabric lev...

Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) is biodegradable, melt processable and environmentally benign aliphatic polyester produced from the fermentation of natural renewable resources like corn, sugar and vegetable. The comparative analysis of the effect of time of heatsetting and wet processing from this research showed that PLA exhibited good textile properties for versatile end applications. This research ...

The above suggests ‘oral texture’ as a method of communication or ‘ideal and emotive novelisation’, a utopian standard of image and self-transformation, set by the fashion, textiles and lifestyle perception makers. It is a system that has been used to sell or seduce magazines (imagery and supporting text) to the reader (wearer) since the late 19 Century and blurred into the realms of retail sal...

Fabric hand-feel is an important indicator of textile comprehensive evaluation. In the past century, many achievements have been made in characterization and evaluation of fabric hand-feel. With the development of experimental methods, the electrophysiological technique was used in exploring the formation mechanism and cognitive principle of fabric hand-feel. In this paper, event-related potent...

BACKGROUND Universal coverage of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LNs) made from polyester or polyethylene fibres has been adopted as the standard of care to control malaria among at-risk populations. To obtain a WHO recommendation, LNs must undergo prospective monitoring of insecticidal efficacy against mosquito vectors over 3 years of household use. The retention of bioefficacy and physical du...

Textile wetting involves the displacement of air by surfactant solutions in the fiber matrix. The kinetics of surfactant adsorption is more important than the equilibrium properties of surfactant solutions for the textile wetting process because equilibrium conditions are rarely attained during the time allowed for wetting in textile processing.' Fowkes observed that the log of the wetting time...

During the past 15 years NASA has taken the lead role in exploiting the benefits of textile reinforced composite materials for application to aircraft structures. The NASA Advanced Composites Technology (ACT) program was started in 1989 to develop composite primary structures for commercial transport airplanes with costs that are competitive with metal structures. As part of this program, sever...