International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 21 Issue 2/3

Electro‐conductive sensors and heating elements based on conductive polymer composites

V. Koncar, C. Cochrane, M. Lewandowski, F. Boussu, C. Dufour

The need for sensors and actuators is an important issue in the field of smart textiles and garments. Important developments in sensing and heating textile elements consist in…

New bioactive textile dressing materials from dibutyrylchitin

Gustaaf Schoukens, Paul Kiekens, Izabella Krucinska

Dibutyrylchitin (DBC) is an ester derivative of a natural polysaccharide – chitin. DBC is obtained by reaction of chitin with butyric anhydride in the presence of a catalyst. The…

The application of microcapsules of PCM in flame resistant non‐woven materials

Isabel Cardoso, Jaime Rocha Gomes

The use of organic phase change materials microcapsules (mPCM) has been gaining ground in technical textiles and clothing as a temperature regulating medium and hence a means of…

Recycled wool‐based nonwoven material for decolorisation of dyehouse effluents

Maja Radetic, Darinka Radojevic, Vesna Ilic, Darka Mihailovic, Petar Jovancic

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possible application of recycled wool‐based nonwoven material (RWNM) for removal of different dyes that are used in textile dye…

Characterization of conducting polymer coated fabrics at microwave frequencies

Akif Kaynak, Eva Håkansson

The purpose of this paper is to investigate microwave reflection, transmission, and complex permittivity of p‐toluene‐2‐sulfonic acid doped conducting polypyrrole coated…

Heating behaviors of metallic textile structures

Ozan Kayacan, Ender Yazgan Bulgun

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the concept of “electrically conductive fabrics”. The primer applications that import electrical conductivity properties to textiles…

Surface modification and characterization of cotton and polyamide fabrics by plasma polymerization of hexamethyldisilane and hexamethyldisiloxane

Bengi Kilic, Aysun Cireli Aksit, Mehmet Mutlu

Plasma polymerization is a very promising technique to produce functional textile materials for any textile end uses as well as for high performance clothing. It can be possible…

A methodology of selecting a suitable garment for sports use

N. Martínez, J.C. González, D. Rosa, E. Alcántara

Choosing the adequate garment for sports practice in adverse weather conditions, either cold or hot, is an aspect of great influence on activity performance. The purpose of this…

Technical, high performance, SMART textiles and garments, ITTC 2007

Merih Sariisik