24.1 INTRODUCTION Portable electronics have evolved rapidly over the last 10 years and now wear-able technologies are following the same trend. While multifunctional clothes are appearing on the market with a multitude of electronic devices incorporated onto the fabric, garment devices are articles of clothing with inherent electronic properties. Garment devices are the actual device, a new kin...

The widespread use of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) in commercial products, especially textiles, will likely result in an unknown spread of Ag into the environment. The quantification and characterization of the Ag released from nano-Ag-products is an important parameter needed to predict the effect of Ag-NPs on the environment. The aim of this study was to determine the amount and the form of ...

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BACKGROUND A wide variety of specialty textiles are used in health care settings for bedding, clothing, and privacy. The ability of textiles to host or otherwise sequester microbes has been well documented; however, their reciprocal potential for liberating airborne bacteria remains poorly characterized. In response, a multi-season survey of bacterial bioaerosols was conducted in the origin and...

Textiles from Neolithic Çatalhöyük are among the earliest and best-preserved woven plant artifacts ancient Southwest Asia. Recent examinations of textiles Çatalhöyük’s East Mound middle habitation phase (6700–6500 cal. B. C.) provide surprising evidence that instead being made flax (linen, Linum usitatissimum), as previously thought, fibers inner bark trees (tree bast), some samples identified ...

In the broad context of Wireless Body Sensor Networks for healthcare and pervasive applications, the design of wearable antennas offers the possibility of ubiquitous monitoring, communication and energy harvesting and storage. Specific requirements for wearable antennas are a planar structure and flexible construction materials. Several properties of the materials influence the behaviour of the...

Most textile waste is either incinerated or landfilled today, yet, the material could instead be recycled through chemical recycling to new high-quality textiles. A first important step is separation since chemical recycling of textiles requires pure streams. The focus of this paper is on the separation of cotton and PET (poly(ethylene terephthalate), polyester) from mixed textiles, so called p...