During the past 15 years NASA has taken the lead role in exploiting the benefits of textile reinforced composite materials for application to aircraft structures. The NASA Advanced Composites Technology (ACT) program was started in 1989 to develop composite primary structures for commercial transport airplanes with costs that are competitive with metal structures. As part of this program, sever...

Devices for the measurement of airborne fiber concentration currently existing on the market show significant disadvantages. Due to e.g. multi-step measurement principles or bulky design, existing devices are not capable to be used for specific applications. Knowledge of airborne fiber concentration is essential to determine operation conditions and air quality in e.g. textile mills, museums or...

Introduction: Textile wastewaters from dyeing and finishing processes are heavily polluted with dyes, textile auxiliaries and chemicals and have a broad range of pH, high COD concentration and suspended particles. In this study, the efficiency of color and turbidity removal from synthetic textile wastewater samples were investigated by combined process of coagulation/ flocculation and electron ...

There is a growing interest in fibers supporting optoelectrical properties for textile and wearable display applications. Solution-processed electroluminescent (EL) material systems can be continuously deposited onto fiber or yarn substrates in a roll-to-roll process, making it easy to scale manufacturing. It is important to have precise control over layer deposition to achieve uniform and reli...

Fibers comprise probably the most common form of trace evidence in forensic science today. They occur in perhaps one-quarter of all cases that involve trace evidence and a large majority of crime laboratories routinely characterize textile fibers. Although a great deal of research has been done on how to best characterize and compare fibers, relatively little time has been spent on determining ...

Silk is valued as one of the prominent protein textile fibers under animal category famous for distinct properties such lustrous appearance, comfort performance, remarkable shiny sheen and also towards bio-applications. In general, silk highly sensitive delicate; hence, there a need protection in order to protect from unwanted impacts chemicals, light insects. According this consideration, work...