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Carbon fiber: A decades-long phenomenon
July 1, 2013
…High technology products and markets often have long and costly development times, areas usually left to large companies to pursue. Carbon fiber (CF) fabrics and products are such segments….
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Carbon nanotube fabrics: A new nonwoven material
June 28, 2013
…Dry processed fabrics containing high aspect ratio carbon nanotubes could enable a new generation of products. Carbon nanotube (CNT) research has received a lot of popular press recently…
New Fibertect® better at toxins cleanup
June 25, 2013
…soman, but also adsorbed its vapors five times better. The results were published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Engineered Fibers & Fabrics, by INDA (Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry)….
IDTechEx forecasts a $100 million graphene market in 2018
June 24, 2013
…up to move beyond research activities and a diverse range of other applications are actively being developed. These include RFID, smart packaging, supercapacitors, composites, ITO replacement, sensors, logic and memory….
Atmospheric plasma increases breathability of spunbond nonwoven fabrics
June 24, 2013
…A study conducted by Texas Tech University and Enercon Industries Corp. has determined that when spunbond polypropylene nonwoven fabrics are pretreated with atmospheric plasma it increases the breathability of…
Bekaert adds ADAPTIVE technology
June 24, 2013
Bekaert Textiles Group has partnered with Swiss company HeiQ, incorporating HeiQ’s ADAPTIVE intelligent textile technology into bedding products. ADAPTIVE uses the energy of the body to accelerate moisture…
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Advanced Textile Products
…The Advanced Textile Products (ATP) division of the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) represents and promotes the interests and concerns of the safety, interactive, medical, protective and technical fabrics…
Fog-catching fabrics collect water
May 1, 2013
Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China, turned a cotton fabric into water-collecting material by coating it with a polymer that…
Phoning it in: smart accessories for fitness
May 1, 2013
…iPhone heart-rate monitor, uses Bluetooth technology embedded in smartphones, MP3 players and all of the Apple phones and tablets to provide athletes with heart-rate monitoring apps on the move. It…