Silver, both in the nano as well as in other forms, is used in many applications including antimicrobial textiles. Washing of such textiles has already been identified as an important process that results in the release of silver into wastewater. This study thus investigated the release of silver from eight different commercially available silver-textiles during a washing and rinsing cycle. The...

Recently there is strong interest in lightweight, flexible, and wearable electronics to meet the technological demands of modern society. Integrated energy storage devices of this type are a key area that is still significantly underdeveloped. Here, we describe wearable power devices using everyday textiles as the platform. With an extremely simple "dipping and drying" process using single-wall...

The use of nanoscale Ag in textiles is one the most often mentioned uses of nano-Ag. It has previously been shown that significant amounts of the Ag in the textiles are released upon washing. However, the form of Ag present in the textiles remains largely unknown as product labelling is insufficient. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the solid phase speciation of Ag in original...

This chapter is undertaken with a view to survey important scientific research and developmental works pertaining to antibacterial modification of textiles using nanotechnology as a new means to achieve such textiles. Inevitably, conventional antimicrobial agents and their applications to textiles are reported. This is followed by a focus on inorganic nanostructured materials that acquire good ...

Wilayah estuari mangrove mrupakan sebuah kawasan ekosistem yang khas dan berdekatan dengan hutan sehingga memiliki karakteristik air payau daratan berlumpur. Terbatasnya informasi mengenai kelimpahan similaritas Gastropoda ada diwilayah di kecamatan Muncar Banyuwangi, mendorong peneliti untuk melakukan pendahuluan penelitian Tujuan yaitu mengetahui keanekaragaman kelas wilayah Muncar. Penelitia...

Microencapsulation of substances applied on textiles is a relatively new method with many advantages applied in many different fi elds. There are many effective approaches to microencapsulation for decreasing release of fragrances and active substances such as essential oils and cosmetic ingredients using cyclodextrins, yeast cells, chitosans, melamine-formaldehyde or poly(L-lactide) as wall ma...

Fungal deterioration is one of the highest risk factors for damage of historical textile objects in Egypt. This paper represents both a study case about the fungal microflora deteriorating historical textiles in the Egyptian Museum and the Coptic museum in Cairo, and evaluation of the efficacy of several combinations of polymers with fungicides for the reinforcement of textiles and their preven...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND For millennia, iron-tannate dyes have been used to colour ceremonial and domestic objects shades of black, grey, or brown. Surviving iron-tannate dyed objects are part of our cultural heritage but their existence is threatened by the dye itself which can accelerate oxidation and acid hydrolysis of the substrate. This causes many iron-tannate dyed textiles to discolour a...

The future trend in wearable computing is to integrate electronics directly into textiles. Our approach is to use conductive textiles for signal transmission. We investigated the electrical performance of textile transmission lines. We present methods for measuring as well as for modeling the high frequency properties of textiles. With the results it is possible to predict the electrical proper...

Smart technical textiles are by definition textiles that can interact with their environment. They can sense and react to environmental conditions and external stimuli from mechanical, thermal, chemical or other sources. Such textiles are multifunctional or even “intelligent” which is fulfilled by a number of sensors incorporated in the textiles. The embedded sensors are sensitive to various pa...