releasing of textile dye effluents into general water bodies is a major environmental and healthproblem. color removal, in particular, has recently become of major scientific interest, as indicated by themultitude of related research reports. during the past two decades, several physico-chemical decolorizationtechniques have been reported, few, however, have been accepted by the textile industr...

Textile electronics embedded in clothing represent an exciting new frontier for modern healthcare and communication systems. Fundamental to the development of these textile is fibers forming cloths into electronic devices. An fiber must undergo diverse scrutiny its selection a multifunctional textile, viz., from material device architecture, wearability mechanical stresses, environmental compat...

In this paper, we report the design, experimental validation and application of a scalable, wearable e-textile triboelectric energy harvesting (WearETE) system for scavenging energy from activities of daily living. The WearETE system features ultra-low-cost material and manufacturing methods, high accessibility, and high feasibility for powering wearable sensors and electronics. The foam and e-...

Smart textiles promise to have a significant impact on future wearable devices. Among the different approaches to combine electronic functionality and fabrics, the fabrication of active fibers results in the most unobtrusive integration and optimal compatibility between electronics and textile manufacturing equipment. The fabrication of electronic devices, in particular transistors on heavily c...

OBJECTIVES To estimate exposures to asbestos fibres of specific sizes among asbestos textile manufacturing workers exposed to chrysotile using data from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and to evaluate the extent to which the risk of lung cancer varies with fibre length and diameter. METHODS 3803 workers employed for at least 1 day between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1973 in any of t...

Sustainable manufacturing practices in textile industry have become a crucial topic for managers of organizations to remain competitive the market. The sector is well known consuming large amount natural resources, raw materials, energy, and fossil fuels, being significant contributor pollution. Evaluating sustainability performance companies therefore important. To address this, study has deve...