The integration of wires and electronics into textiles (e-textiles) has many potential applications for wearable and pervasive computing. Textiles are an integral part of everyday life, from clothing we wear to the carpet we walk upon. Being able to combine electronics with textiles would enable pervasive computing to blend into the background so that the user can go about a normal routine. One...

Color matching of fabric blends is a key issue for the textile industry, mainly due to the rising need to create high-quality products for the fashion market. The process of mixing together differently colored fibers to match a desired color is usually performed by using some historical recipes, skillfully managed by company colorists. More often than desired, the first attempt in creating a bl...

Ethanol production in a simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process using waste textiles as feedstock was studied. The dissolution pretreatment of waste textiles in ortho-phosphoric acid resulted in at least 2 fold improvement in enzymatic hydrolysis rate and reducing sugar yield. The reducing sugars obtained from dyed or discolored waste textiles by cellulase hydrolysis demons...

Chemical recycling of textiles holds the potential to yield materials equal quality and value as products from virgin feedstock. Selective depolymerization textile polyester (PET) regenerated cellulose/PET blends, by means alkaline hydrolysis, renders monomers PET while cellulose remains in fiber form. Here, we present mechanism reactivity during hydrolysis. Part I this article series focuses o...

Textile dyeing is a hazardous and toxic process. While traditionally it has been managed through effluent treatment, new approaches focused upon improving the process are gaining relevance. In this work, we sought to obtain, for first time, an eco-friendly chitosan-nanoparticle based textile method. To that end, yellow everzol navy blue itosperse loaded chitosan nanoparticles were produced thei...

In this paper, the results of an experimental study on textile thermal drying after wet processing pretreatments are presented. The mass variation of the studied samples as a function of drying time was determined using the gravimetric method at three different temperatures: 100°C, 110°C and 120°C. A polynomial model was found and established to follow the drying phenomenon of wet textile fabri...

It is well known that the optimal concentration of fluorescent whitening agent (FWA) in bath results high whiteness single component textiles. At same time, due to fluorescence FWA, higher UV protection achieved as well. However, for textile blends it not so easy achieve. Depending on fabric chemical composition, different FWAs must be applied. Therefore, influence FWA constitution and cotton c...

Our country’s textile industry is in the producing and processing field in the global value chain, so textiles’ added value is low and profit margins is narrow. Developed countries take up fields of high-grade fabrics production and advanced textile machinery manufacture. Because textile fabrics, textile machinery and equipment of China's textile industry fall behind developed countries, produc...