Self-healing of the superhydrophobic cotton fabric (SCF) obtained by the radiation-induced graft polymerization of lauryl methacrylate (LMA) and n-hexyl methacrylate (HMA), can be achieved by ironing. Through the steam ironing process, the superhydrophobicity of the SCFs will be regenerated even after the yarns are ruptured during the abrasion test under a load pressure of 44.8 kPa. SCFs made f...

In the present study, an attempt has been made to impart antimicrobial finishing on cotton woven fabric using nano silver solution, at various concentrations: 5 gpl, 10 gpl, 15 gpl, 20 gpl, and 25 gpl in the presence of PVOH (5 gpl, 7.5 gpl and 10 gpl) and an eco-friendly cross linking agent, namely 100gpl glyoxal/65 gpl Appretan N 92111 (binder) applied by the pad-dry-cure technique. Curing co...

Varying proportions of binary mixtures of aqueous extracts of jackfruit wood (JFW) with other natural dyes like manjistha (MJ), red sandalwood (RSW), marigold (MG), sappan wood (SW) and babool (BL) were used by the scientists at Institute of Jute Technology, Kolkata and Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India to dye bleached cotton fabric premordanted with 20% my...

N-methylol compounds, such as dimethyloldihydroxyethyleneurea (DMDHEU), are the most commonly used durable press finishing agents for cotton fabrics. Polyfunctional carboxylic acids are becoming important as non-formaldehyde replacements for these N-methylol reactants. The use of both chemistries has been shown to cause an irreversible reduction in the physical properties of finished fabric, be...

the simultaneous cross-linking and antimicrobial finishing of bleached cotton and cationized cotton by 3-chloro2-hydroxypropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (quat-188) with butane tetracarboxylic acid and nano titanium dioxide is studied and explored in the current study. butane tetracarboxylic acid (btca) as a cross-linking agent can be linked to the cotton cellulosic chains by covalent bonds an...

In recent years, metal nano particles such as silver, copper and zinc have developed in textilefinishing. Copper nano particles are used in wound dressings and socks to give them antibacterialproperties. In the present paper, cotton fabrics were treated with different concentrations of Cu nanoparticles colloidal solution. For investigation of the durability of nano particles on cotton fabric,la...

We describe a process to transform commercial textiles and threads into electric heaters that can be cut/sewn or woven to fashion lightweight fabric heaters for local climate control and personal thermal management. Off-the-shelf fabrics are coated with a 1.5 μm thick film of a conducting polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), using an improved reactive vapor deposition method. Changes in t...

An activated carbon fiber nonwoven (ACF) was manufactured from a cotton nonwoven fabric. For the ACF acoustic application, a nonwoven composite of ACF with cotton nonwoven as a base layer was developed. Also produced were the composites of the cotton nonwoven base layer with a layer of glassfiber nonwoven, and the cotton nonwoven base layer with a layer of cotton fiber nonwoven. Their noise abs...

A newly effective system was used to bleach ligno-cellulosic textile materials. This system is based on two different newly synthesized natrium oxo-diperoxo molybdates, Na2[MoO (O2)2(C2O4)] and Na2[MoO (O2)2(C6H6O7)]. These two compounds were characterized by means of cyclic voltammetry, and the bleached fabrics were fully characterized by measuring their whiteness index, percent loss in fabric...