Piezoelectric polymer fibers offer a fundamental element in intelligent fabrics with their shape adaptability and energy-conversion capability for wearable activity health monitoring applications. Nonetheless, realizing high-performance smart faces technical challenge due to the relatively low piezoelectric performance. Here, we demonstrate yarns simultaneously equipped structural robustness me...

Nanoparticles synthesised by fungi have various applications and is much effective than the nanoparticles synthesised by other means. The present study is aimed to determine the antimicrobial potential of Titanium dioxide nanoparticles synthesised from the fungus, Aspergillus niger. The synthesised nanoparticles were characterised using UV spectrophotometer, SEM, and XRD. The antibacterial acti...

The paper describes the electrical plant response to mechanical stimulation monitored with the help of conducting polymers deposited on cotton fabric. Cotton fabric was coated with conducting polymers, polyaniline or polypyrrole, in situ during the oxidation of respective monomers in aqueous medium. Thus, modified fabrics were again coated with polypyrrole or polyaniline, respectively, in order...

The effects of high temperatures on catalytic activity and binding abilities of crude Trichoderma reesei cellulases in solution and adsorbed to a cotton fabric were studied. Above optimum temperature of 508C, catalytic activities were severely diminished but the binding behaviour was not found to be adversely affected. In order to verify possible applications of cellulases adsorbed to cotton fa...

Polycarboxylic acids are used as crosslinking agents with sodium hypophosphite which do not contain formaldehyde. In this study, breaking strength, elongation and tear strength of cotton(twill weave)fabric samples were determined by using twill fabrics, six different coating recipes, produced 100% cotton yarns. The results testing compared according to the fabric structure, recipes crosslinker ...

Novel organic-inorganic composite 1D nanostructures composed of carbonized conductive nanofibers and nickel nanoparticle chains were prepared by the combination of an electrospinning method from metal complex-containing polymer solutions and an ion-beam irradiation technique. The nickel nanoparticle chains were formed by self-assembly inside the carbonized nanofibers, which were characterized b...

The present work focuses on development and investigation of new functional hybrid nanomaterials based on titania nanoparticles and cellulose, possessing an important set of practical properties. The study includes two parts: first, nanocrystalline TiO2 hydrosols produced by low-temperature sol-gel synthesis were successfully applied for cotton fabric modification. Comprehensive characterizatio...

Carboxymethylated cotton might provide an eco-friendly novel approach to impart different functions to fabric by crosslinking or self-assembly deposition of nanolayers. The anionic content of carboxymethylated cotton was determined by acid-base titration. Two interrelated methods of surface electrochemistry for anionic cotton fabrics were investigated in this paper. Measurement of surface charg...

An improved enzymatic cotton scouring process has been developed on the basis of a fast enzyme reaction to efficiently remove the pectin and wax compounds from the organic cotton fabrics. An attempt has been made to study the pectinolytic activity of degrading rate of pectin on the organic cotton fabric using alkaline pectinase enzyme with various process parameters such as enzyme concentration...

Overview of the Ghana Textile Industry primarily shows a predominant cotton fabric manufacturing sector with absolute reliance on cotton as the major raw material for production. The Ghana Cotton Company Limited (GCCL) and other privately owned ginneries in the Northern Region have, in the past, been the major suppliers of lint cotton to the textile factories with occasional imports to support ...