Plant-based additives for PPE

March 1, 2023  |  Swatches

AIMPLAS, the Spanish Plastics Technology Centre based in Valencia, is participating in the Dotmask Project led by specialty chemical manufacturer Lamberti, which is working to develop new antimicrobial coatings and plastics obtained from plant extracts using nanotechnology for personal protective eq…
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Silkworm-inspired nanofiber production

March 1, 2023  |  Swatches

Inspired by the silkworm, scientists at China’s Sichuan University have developed a faster and simpler method of producing nanofibers. According to the researchers, existing nanofiber production methods are either complicated, slow or produce substandard fibers. But the silkworm produces a high-qu…
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AI-designed garments could optimize workflow

March 1, 2023  |  Swatches

Clothing design initiative NEWFACET offers an innovative approach to a conceptual clothing campaign. The designer makes use of an artificial intelligence (AI) program to explore ways that could optimize workflow and creative processes in visualizing unique concepts and cuts. The result is a series o…
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Hexoskin plans advances in health monitoring 

March 1, 2023  |  Swatches

Hexoskin has made it its mission to address people’s needs as opposed to being led by technology, the company says, using a measured approach to innovation. It provides medical applications for patient monitoring, such as this smart vest. With its Connected Health Platform, researchers and health …
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Photovoltaic e-textile for wearables 

March 1, 2023  |  Swatches

Researchers at the U.K.’s Nottingham Trent University (NTU) have developed an e-textile that’s embedded with 1,200 tiny photovoltaic cells. Led by Dr. Theodore Hughes-Riley, associate professor of electronic textiles at the Nottingham School of Art & Design, the experimental project is intro…
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Biobased allergen control technology launched

March 1, 2023  |  Swatches

Belgian producer Devan Chemicals has announced its biobased and readily biodegradable allergen control technology, Purissimo® NTL. Allergies have an impact on the quality of life and are associated with some medical conditions. World Bio Market Insights reports that Purissimo NTL is designed to cle…
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Textile additive reduces car odors

March 1, 2023  |  Swatches

Cambridge, England-based Aqdot says there is a lot of interest from major automotive fabric suppliers over its AqFresh additive technology. This technology significantly reduces volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are known to be detrimental to health, in automotive interior materials.
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World’s first T-shirt dyed using black algae

March 1, 2023  |  Swatches

Carbon black, a pigment derived from petroleum, is commonly used to create black for everything from clothing and phones to cars and ink. It comes from tracts of land called tar sands, that are stripped of all life and vegetation to extract the heavy petroleum.
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Turning leather waste into textile coatings

March 1, 2023  |  Swatches

CITEVE, The Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing Industry of Portugal, has developed a process for turning natural leather waste and byproducts from the tanning industry into new textile coatings.
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Unifi, Hologenix team for infrared textile additive

March 1, 2023  |  Swatches

North Carolina-based recycled-fiber company Unifi, manufacturer of REPREVE®, is partnering with California-based Hologenix, creator of Celliant®, on a new product that offers a sustainable solution for apparel, upholstery and more.
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