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Towards sustainable denim: evaluating the dry process techniques in surface modification
Fashion and Textiles ReviewPurpose: As an alternative to widely used denim wet washing techniques, which consume a huge amount of water and chemicals, dry washing techniques need attention.
Hasibul Hasan Shykat +4 more
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Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2022 A major environmental issue of the rise in garment production is a steep increase of textile waste. At the same time, recycling technologies appear to be promising avenues for sustainability transitions of the fashion industry.
Elisabeth Eppinger
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Textile additive manufacturing: An overview
Cogent Engineering, 2022 Additive manufacturing (3D-printing) is a rapidly emerging technology grouped under the heading of Industry 4.0 and revolutionises the way products are created.
Edmund M. Keefe +3 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas +6 more
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The global apparel industry is a significant yet overlooked source of plastic leakage
Nature CommunicationsPlastic pollution is a global environmental threat with potentially irreversible impacts on aquatic life, ecosystems, and human health. This study is a comprehensive assessment of the global apparel industry’s contribution to plastic pollution.
Anna Kounina +8 more
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Performance Analysis of Sweet Potato Starch Versus Carboxymethyl Cellulose in Yarn Sizing
Koža i ObućaThe study evaluates the performance of sweet potato starch (SPS), a locally available natural material, as a sizing agent in textile applications, compared to standard carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC).
Mohammad Mahedi Hasan +4 more
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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han +5 more
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Developing a socioecological model for tweens’ consumption of branded apparel [PDF]
The Retail and Marketing Review, 2020 Much of the research into children and their consumer behaviour has been predicated on theories of cognitive development. Developmental approaches have been criticised for focusing primarily on cognitive development and neglecting other factors that may
BC Senooane, Prof MA Phiri
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, 2012 This chapter considers the different woven manufacturing\ud processes used in the production of apparel fabrics. It details the mainapparel fabric types and looks at the key performance requirements of those fabrics, in relation to both the weave structure and the fibre type.
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Effective control over the crystalline contact plane and microstructure of a naphthalenediimide‐bithiazole copolymer enables high‐performance n‐type thermoelectrics. While rubbing alignment induces a detrimental edge‐on orientation, subsequent solvent vapor‐induced re‐orientation facilitates a favorable mixed face‐on/edge‐on morphology.
Suhao Wang +13 more
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