Advances in the Sustainable Fabrication of Smart and Functional Textiles
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2024 | Viewed by 219
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flame retardant; eco-textile; natural extract; colouration; functionalisation; cleaner production
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Textiles are an indispensible part of our daily life. In the recent decade, tremendous achievements on smart and functional textiles have been made to meet the fast-growing and diversifying demands of customers. On the other hand, the increasing pursuit of compatibility between environmental and economic interests is also driving the conventional one, upgrading towards the next-generation of sustainable textile industry. Fortunately, novel materials and techniques are continuously being incorporated into textile processing. For example, bio-based or bio-degradable dyes and finishes are being discovered or fabricated for textiles to replace the potentially hazardous chemicals; less-to-none water-use techniques (e.g., inket printing, UV radiation, ultrasound, ScCO2) are utilised, and more are on the way. However, the textile treatment mechanism at each particular circumstance, and how to further enhance the processing sustainabiliy and the textile performance by using these new strategies, are not sufficiently investigated at present. This Special Issue aims to include but not be limited to the recent advances in application or theoretical studies for the pretreatment, dyeing, printing, and finishing of textile materials.
Dr. Yuyang Zhou
Prof. Dr. Rencheng Tang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bio-based or bio-degradable dyes and finishes
- smart and functional textiles
- water and energy-saving process
- sustainable textile production
- colouration and functionalisation
- adsorption behaviour and mechanism
