Juniper Publishers Textile Science Engineering Journal

Natural Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites (NFRPCs) reflect excellent and comparable mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties than steel, aluminum and other composite materials. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) has been one of the widely used technique among thermal analysis techniques such as Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermal Mechanical Analysis (TMA). This technique is useful to measure dynamic mechanical properties such as storage modulus ( E ), loss modulus ( E ) ), damping (Tan δ) and glass transition temperature ( T g ) as a function of temperature of NFRPCs and other materials. Several studies had been carried out on dynamic mechanical properties of NFRPCs. This fact motivated to summarize these studies, therefore a review on dynamic mechanical properties of NFRPCs is presented in this communication. To read more: Full text For more Open access journals please click on Juniper Publishers For m

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technique has been regarded as one of the most efficient and promising approaches for the functionalization of complex-shaped surfaces due to its precise and simple thickness control, excellent conformality. Additionally, mild growth conditions such as low temperature and oxygen-free characteristic of ALD made it particularly attracting for the fabrication of functional textiles. Functionalization of natural or synthetic fabrics such as cotton, silk, polyvinyl alcohol, Kevlar and even to chemical-inert Carbon Fiber (CFF) via ALD to endow them with super hydrophobicity, conductivity, antibacterial activity, UV-blocking property, anti-yellowing property, and retardancy are reviewed. Finally, the challenges and perspectives on the application of ALD in the functionalization of fabrics are proposed. To read more: Full text For more Open access journals please click on Juniper Publishers   For more articles please click on Current Tre

Discharge of textile wastewater into water-bodies causes serious environmental and health problems. Wastewater color remains due to the non-biodegradable nature of the dyes. However, treatment with ozone can lead to the destruction of the dye molecule, decolorizing thus the textile effluent. In this paper, treatment with ozone in a bubble column reactor resulted in rapid destruction of azo-reactive dyes, utilized primarily for dyeing cellulose fibers. Moreover, ozonation kinetics can be described as a mass-transfer-control process. Combining ozonation with a novel radio-frequency alternating electric field inductance device led to faster destruction of the azo-reactive dyes due to synergetic effects. To read more: Full text For more Open access journals please click on Juniper Publishers For more articles please click on Current Trends in Fashion Technology& Textile Engineering