In the present manuscript a new concept of completely inorganic intumescent flame retardant nanocoating comprised of sodium montmorillonite nanoplatelets embedded in an ammonium polyphosphate matrix has been investigated using cotton as model substrate. The coating, deposited by multistep adsorption from diluted water-based suspensions/solutions, homogenously cover each cotton fibers with avera...

(a) Sorbose (L-sorbose, sorbinose) (C6H12O6, CAS Reg. No. 87–79–6) is an orthorhombic, bisphenoidal crystalline ketohexose. It was originally identifed in the juice of mature berries from the mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia) where it occurs as the result of microbial oxidation of sorbitol. It also occurs naturally in other plants. Sorbose can be synthesized by the catalytic hydrogenation of gluc...

Archaeological research has identified the use of cultivated cotton (Gossypium barbadense) in the ancient Andes dating back to at least 7800 years ago. Because of unusual circumstances of preservation, 6000-year-old cotton fabrics from the Preceramic site of Huaca Prieta on the north coast of Peru retained traces of a blue pigment that was analyzed and positively identified as an indigoid dye (...

This article explores the landowning farm households’ consumption of foreign and manufactured goods in hinterland northern Sweden 1770 to 1820. A set probate inventories shows that farmers this particular area – a remote but central transit for between Norwegian coast southern were part general historiography consumption. However, findings tea coffee utensils, porcelain, printed cotton, silk fa...

Wearable electronics offer the combined advantages of both electronics and fabrics. In this article, we report the fabrication of wearable supercapacitors using cotton fabric as an essential component. Carbon nanotubes are conformally coated onto the cotton fibers, leading to a highly electrically conductive interconnecting network. The porous carbon nanotube coating functions as both active ma...

Abstract The study tested the use of Viscobleach as a multi-scouring agent for pretreating cellulosic fabrics (cotton, viscose, and linen) instead using traditional agents (caustic soda, soda ash, hydrogen peroxide). results showed an increase in whiteness absorbency viscose linen pretreated with Viscobleach. color strength (K/S) increased all shades cotton medium dark linen. also that dye pick...

Chitosan is an N-deacetylated biopolymer derivative of chitin (2-acetamido-2-deoxyβ-D-glucose through a β (1-4) linkage). The deacetylation is never complete. There is no specified nomenclature that describes the degree of deacetylation [1]. Chitin can be easily acquired from crab or shrimp shells. Its N-deacetylation is performed under alkali environment. The chitin that has been obtained from...