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Durable Machine-Washable Wool via AOX-Free Plasma-Mediated Coating with Keratin
Journal of Natural FibersAlthough their favorable performance, appearance, and comfort attributes, woolen garments have the tendency to felt unenviably during washing. In this work, an eco-friendly, energy-saving, non-deteriorative process for the fabrication of machine-washable
Marwa Abou-Taleb, Hosam El-Sayed
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Cultivation of Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Sing. on by-products from hemp straw processing [PDF]
Herba PolonicaIntroduction: Shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Sing.) have extraordinary health properties that have been used for centuries in Japanese medicine. Objective: The primary aim of the research was to test the possibility of cultivating Lentinula
JACEK KOŁODZIEJ +1 more
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Bone‐Inspired Recyclable Composites for Damage‐Tolerant Circular Materials
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Bone‐inspired architected composites are developed by combining osteon‐like reinforcements with a recyclable Elium thermoplastic matrix. The hierarchical architecture redirects cracks and promotes energy dissipation, while enabling recovery of intact, aligned, load‐bearing reinforcement units that retain their original stiffness, revealing a route ...
Alessandro Stagni +4 more
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Journal of Natural FibersThe used cooking oil has become a significant environmental concern, as it leads to water pollution and clogged drainage systems. A solution to this issue is recycling the used oil into useful products, such as binders for textile pigment printing ...
Nagla S. Elshemy +2 more
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Health-promoting properties of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) – a review [PDF]
Herba PolonicaLinum usitatissimum L. is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world. A distinction is made between fibre flax, grown mainly for its noble fibre, and oil flax, grown for its seeds, which are commonly known as flaxseed.
ANNA KICIŃSKA-JAKUBOWSKA +1 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Keratin recovered from animal‐hair textile waste is fractionated and blended with cellulose to produce continuously spun hybrid fibers. Selecting the high‐molecular‐weight keratin fraction enables 30 wt.% keratin incorporation while maintaining high strength in dry and wet states.
Mian Zhai +6 more
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Utilization of Hemp Shives for Various Purposes – a Review
Journal of Natural FibersHemp has been cultivated and used by humans for thousands of years. Recently, Cannabis sativa L. commonly known as hemp, has gained attention due to its huge ecological potential as well as the diverse range of raw materials it provides.
Jacek Kołodziej +1 more
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Mechanical Properties Of Traditional And Nanofibre Textiles
AUTEX Research Journal, 2015 This study deals with a comparison of mechanical properties of a conventional yarn and a textile from nanofibres. The conventional yarn represents the textile objects with high degree of orientation of fibres and the textile from nanofibres represents ...
Ursíny Petr +5 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Light irradiation activates the Fe2O3‐BiVO4 heterostructure, enabling efficient solar‐electrochemical coupling in zinc‐air batteries. The built‐in electric field drives directional charge separation, guiding photoelectrons toward oxygen reduction sites and accumulating holes for oxygen evolution, thereby reducing polarization and enhancing discharge ...
Yili Liu +7 more
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Regional supply chain development: A case study of the clothing and textile industry in SADC [PDF]
, 2001 The textile, clothing production, sugar, and agro-processing largely account for intra-regional cross-border supply chains, and drives trade within the region.
Visser, Martine
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