Technische Textilien

Shahid ul-Islam, Bhupendra Singh Butola (eds.) 1st edition, June 2020, 678 pages, € 263, US$ 280, £ 216 Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Cambridge/UK Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-12820-257-9; eBook ISBN: 978-0-12822-676-6

Textiles can be coated with the biopolymer chitosan and thus made water-repellent by binding hydrophobic molecules. The good thing is that this can also replace toxic and petroleum-based substances that are currently used for textile finishing. In...

Daniel (Xuedong) Li 1st edition, March 2020, 271 pages, € 154, US$ 161, £ 124 Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Cambridge/UK Paperback ISBN: 978-0-12820-039-1; eBook ISBN: 978-0-12820-391-0

Sustainability is the trend and the discussion on fluorine-free water-repellent products for functional textiles is not new. But until now, a satisfactory implementation has often failed because of the lower performance of fluorine-free products,...

Ryszard Kozlowski, Maria Mackiewicz-Talarczyk (eds.) 2nd edition, January 2020, 838 pages, € 231, US$ 246, £ 191 Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Cambridge/UK Paperback ISBN: 9780128183984; eBook ISBN: 9780128206669

Composite textiles consisting of metallic nanoparticles dispersed in textiles fabric have been prepared by the reduction of metal ion from its salt at room temperature under normal atmospheric conditions. Morphology and structures have been...

High-performance fibers that have been exposed to high temperatures usually lose their mechanical properties undetected and, in the worst case, can tear precisely when lives depend on them. These include, for example, safety ropes used by fire...

Scientists at Empa are investigating how roads could be reinforced with simple means and recycled easily after use. Their tools are a robot and a few meters of string.

Joanne Yip (ed.) 1st edition, May 2020, 242 pages, € 159, US$ 170, £ 131 Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Cambridge/UK Paperback ISBN: 978-0-12819-492-8; eBook ISBN: 978-0-12822-767-1

In light of the corona virus pandemic and the increasing number of hospital infections around the world involving multi-drug-resistant pathogens, antimicrobial textiles are coming back into focus. An innovative, ultrasound-based finishing technology...

S.M. Udaya Krithika, C. Prakash Department of Fashion Technology, Sona College of Technology, Salem/India M.B. Sampath Department of Textile Technology, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Namakkal/India M. Senthilkumar Department of...