Textiles and fibres

Advanced research into wool science and technology is leading to a better understanding of the properties of wool.

Nanotechnology is revolutionising the world of materials.

Managing colour from the design stage to the finished product can be a difficult activity as colour perception is subjective and can therefore be inconsistent.

Nonwovens have been one of the fastest growing and most exciting sectors of the textiles market.

Due to their complexity and diversity, understanding the structure of textile fibres is of key importance.

Fibres are used both for traditional textile applications as well as in advanced technical structures.

Smart or intelligent textiles are a relatively novel area of research within the textile industry with enormous potential within the healthcare industry.

The identification of fibers is important to the textile industry, forensic science, fashion designers and historians among others.

The purpose of aligning short fibres in a fibre-reinforced material is to improve the mechanical properties of the resulting composite.

As consumer demands for specific attributes in their textiles increase and global competition intensifies, it is important that the industry finds ways of engineering certain performance requirements into textiles and apparel.

Friction is a major issue in both the production of textiles and in the finished product.

Technical yarns are produced for the manufacture of technical textiles.

The surface of textiles offers an important platform for functional modifications in order to meet special requirements for a variety of applications.

Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Applications of Advanced Nanostructured Materials in Wastewater Remediation reviews recent applications of nanostructured materials for remediation, their preparation, characterization and efficiency for water remediation technologies.

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Technology has always impacted the practice of fashion design.

Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Applications of Advanced Nanostructured Materials in Wastewater Remediation reviews recent applications of nanostructured materials for remediation, their preparation, characterization and efficiency for water remediation technologies.

Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Emerging Applications covers new developments in automotive, construction, electronic, space and defense industries.

Advanced Hybrid Composite Materials and Their Applications provides a basic understanding of the engineering of hybrid composite materials.

Advanced Hybrid Composite Materials and Their Applications provides a basic understanding of the engineering of hybrid composite materials.

Ceramic Matrix Composites: Lifetime and Strength Prediction Under Static and Stochastic Loading focuses on the strain response and lifetime prediction of fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites under stress-rupture loading at intermediate temperatures.

Ceramic Matrix Composites: Lifetime and Strength Prediction Under Static and Stochastic Loading focuses on the strain response and lifetime prediction of fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites under stress-rupture loading at intermediate temperatures.

Digital Textile Printing: Science, Technology and Markets integrates the latest advances in the technology, management and design of digital textile printing.

Digital Textile Printing: Science, Technology and Markets integrates the latest advances in the technology, management and design of digital textile printing.

Textile reinforcement forms (preforms) play an important role in determining the properties of the final composite and product.

Resonance: Long-Lived Waves, a new volume in the Interface Transmission Tutorial Book series, introduces long-life resonance properties for telecommunications.

This unique volume presents the latest developments in the field of advanced woven and braided textile composites, with particular emphasis on computational approaches (finite elements, meshfree).

Non-halogenated Flame-Retardant Technology for Epoxy Resins, Thermosets and Composites provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the latest advances and technological developments in this field.

Natural Polyphenols from Wood: Tannin and Lignin - An Industrial Perspective is a detailed guide to the sourcing and processing of tannin and lignin for valuable advanced applications across areas such as fuels, chemicals, drugs, and food.

Advances in Textile Biotechnology, Second Edition examines the latest in biotechnology for the fiber and textile industry.

Wearables, Smart Textiles & Smart Apparel, the first book of its kind on the topic, is divided into two major themes, wearables that are part of the large textile family and those that are not.

With the rapid expansion of ink jet printing, textile printing and allied industries need to understand the principles underpinning this technology and how it is currently being successfully implemented into textile products.

The use of natural fibres as reinforcements in composites has grown in importance in recent years.

Silk: Processing, Properties and Applications, Second Edition, examines all aspects of silk technology, including its manufacture, processing, properties, structure-property relationships, dyeing, printing and finishing, and applications.

High performance textiles represent one of the most dynamic sectors of the international textile and clothing industry.

Applications of Computer Vision in Fashion and Textiles provides a systematic and comprehensive discussion of three key areas that are taking advantage of developments in computer vision technology, namely textile defect detection and quality control, fashion recognition and 3D modeling, and 2D and 3D human body modeling for improving clothing fit.

Automation in Garment Manufacturing provides systematic and comprehensive insights into this multifaceted process.

This book includes a carefully-chosen and edited selection of 23 papers from the Ecotextile 2004 Conference held at the University of Bolton.

This beautiful new book of functional, stylish designs for babies contains over 20 unique knitting patterns for sweaters, cardigans, vests, dresses, blankets, bootees as well as a cosy wrap for mum.

Lena Santana has devised a collection of simple, beautifully made sewing projects that serve as a perfect introduction to dressmaking.

An increasing amount of waste is generated each year from textiles and their production.

With increasing concerns regarding the effect the textile industry is having on the environment, more and more textile researchers, producers and manufacturers are looking to biodegradable and sustainable fibres as an effective way of reducing the impact textiles have on the environment.

Smart and Functional Textiles is an application-oriented book covering a wide range of areas from multifunctional nanofinished textiles, coated and laminated textiles, wearable e-textiles, textile-based sensors and actuators, thermoregulating textiles, to smart medical textiles and stimuli-responsive textiles.

Additive Manufacturing of Polymer Composites: Materials, Processes, and Properties presents the latest developments in AM of polymer matrix composites and illustrates the large range of composite materials that can be obtained.

This collection of topical essays by academics and industry professionals brings a unique lens to the issues broached, questions raised, and solutions offered regarding the history and advancement of digital fashion.

Textile and fibre chemistry form the theoretical basis to understand production and properties of textile based products.

The production of 'polymer nanocomposites' has recently gained considerable attention from both the academic and industrial community, especially in the area of nanoscience.