International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 28 Issue 3

Reducing environmental impact in air jet weaving technology

Corrado Grassi, Achim Schröter, Yves Simon Gloy, Thomas Gries

The purpose of this paper is to deal with the energy efficiency of textile weaving machines. Increasing energy costs and environmental impact are a challenge for textile…

Increasing washing performance of wet-spun fibers

Musa Akdere, Sascha Schriever, Gunnar Seide, Thomas Gries

The wet-spinning process is very important for the development and production of new lightweight design materials. The washing process is determined as one of the most…

Forearm test for disposable antibacterial foot sweat pads

Sibel Kaplan, Selcuk Aslan

– The purpose of this paper is to obtain thermal sensations arise during skin-antibacterial modified foot sweat pad contact by subjective forearm test carried out on 14 males.

Design of TENS electrodes using conductive yarn

Duygu Erdem, Sevil Yesilpinar, Yavuz Senol, Didem Karadibak, Taner Akkan

The purpose of this paper is to develop textile-based transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) electrodes using conductive yarn to bring a solution to uncomfortable…

Synergistic effect of phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon on flame retardancy properties of cotton fabric treated by sol-gel process

Aysun Aksit, Nurhan Onar, Bengi Kutlu, Evren Sergin, Ismail Yakin

The purpose of this paper is to develop the flame retardancy properties of cotton fabrics with treatment of phosphorus and nitrogen containing silane-based nanosol by sol-gel…

Thermo-physiological properties of 3D spacer knitted fabrics

Rajesh Mishra, Arumugam Veerakumar, Jiri Militky

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate effect of material properties in 3D knitted fabrics on thermo-physiological comfort.

In-situ coated of Ag, ZnO, Ag/ZnO composite nano particles to the technical fiber by hydrothermal method

Demet Kucuk, Onur Balci, Mustafa Tutak

Nowadays, the usage of antibacterial textiles is very popular for different type of textiles. The silver (Ag) and zinc oxide (ZnO) are the most popular materials in order to…

Layer by layer assembly of antibacterial inclusion complexes

Sule Ugur, Merih Sarıışık, Gizem Türkoğlu, Gökhan Erkan, Emre Erden

The purpose of this paper is to create a textile material which shows antibacterial activity with resistance to environmental conditions by using volatile active agent inclusion…

Silica precursor as synergist for cotton flame retardancy

Ana Marija Grancaric, Lea Botteri, Jenny Alongi, Anita Tarbuk

The cotton and its blends is the most commonly used textile material in the design and production of protective clothing. However, as the cellulose textiles are the most flammable…

Technical textiles

Merih Sarıışık