The large surface area and ability to retain moisture of textile structures enable microorganisms' growth, which causes a range of undesirable effects, not only on the textile itself, but also on the user. Due to the public health awareness of the pathogenic effects on personal hygiene and associated health risks, over the last few years, intensive research has been promoted in order to minimiz...

We proposed a physics-based rendering method for reflection of woven textiles. Both reflection properties of fibers and yarns are taken into account, which are the primary factors affecting visual appearance of cloths. The reflection from fiber surfaces is analyzed using Kirchhoff diffraction theory, assuming a statistical surface. Yarns are usually consisted of a group of fibers and they are s...

Virtually all fibers exhibit some dimensional and structural irregularities. These include the conventional textile fibers, the high-performance brittle fibers and even the newly developed nano-fibers. In recent years, we have systematically examined the effect of fiber dimensional irregularities on the mechanical behavior of the irregular fibers. This paper extends our research to include the ...

INTRODUCTION Today, development of materials technology using biomass is expected for creation of a sustainable society. Especially, the composite consisting of plant-based natural fibers and biodegradable resin, so-called the fully-green composites, is much expected for practical use. So far, we made textile green composites using biodegradable resin and plain woven ramie fabric and explored t...

Although house dust is known to be a predominant source of exposure to PBDEs, it's not yet clear which part of the dust these chemicals bind to. The dust pictured above contains pet hair (rust brown), pollen (yellow), plant fibers (green), dead skin cells (light to medium brown), dirt and minerals (orange), textile fibers (blue), and spider silk (pink).

we can recognize ancient environmental, political, economic and cultural conditions with study old textiles. textile objects are important cases for archaeological investigations at the museums. professor mohsen moghadam has collected unique textile collection belonged to parthian, sassanid, early islamic, middle islamic, safavid, qajar and pahlavi periods and a few foreign textiles for example...