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Webinar31 Jul 2019This webinar helps to understand the opportunity for applying odour control in sportswear.
Technical4 Jul 2019As with most testing methods, colour fastness tests are intended to replicate the conditions of production and/or use which might challenge the performance of a textile
Insight15 Aug 2018Global account manager for Covestro, Jason Ward, talks us through the collection and discusses some of the trends he’s seeing in the medical textiles industry, as well as the regulations governing the sector
WTiN interviews executive vice president of AATCC, Brian Francois, at Techtextil North America, held in May 2018
Innovation Briefing27 Jun 2018In this product innovation profile, WTiN is reporting on a development from researchers who have developed a method of encapsulating iodine into chitosan nanoparticles to create antimicrobial and antioxidant coatings for cellulosic fabrics
Innovation Briefing30 Apr 2018Highly conductive, stretchable yarns are desirable for wearable electronic applications to retain the drape and conformability expected of conventional textiles while also providing advanced functions
Innovation Briefing27 Apr 2018In this product innovation profile, WTiN is reporting on a development from researchers at Fudan University, China, who have demonstrated the fabrication of stretchable, light-emitting fabrics by attaching a light-emitting layer containing electroluminescent ZnS (zinc sulphide) phosphor to a commercially available spandex substrate modified with conductive polypyrrole (PPy)
Innovation Briefingfree20 Apr 2018In this product innovation profile, WTiN is reporting on a development from researchers at Donghua University, China, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan, and University of California, USA, who have demonstrated a method of functionalising polypropylene hernia meshes by grafting of cyclodextrin, which can form complexes with antibacterial agent
Innovation Briefing7 Mar 2018WTiN is reporting on a development from researchers at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China, and University of Waterloo, Canada, who have demonstrated a method for immobilising silver nanoparticles on cotton fabrics by using carboxymethyl chitosan as a binder
Innovation Briefing7 Mar 2018The fields of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering aim to promote generation or regeneration of damaged tissues and organs by application of cells, growth factors and/or biomaterials, typically facilitated by a biocompatible scaffold
Innovation Briefing15 Dec 2017WTiN reports on a development from researchers at Harvard Medical School who have fabricated electrospun poly(caprolactone)-based periodontal membranes containing zinc oxide nanoparticles to provide enhanced antibacterial and osteoconductive functionality
