Article
Chemistry, Physical
Hey-sang Kim, Stephen Michielsen, Emiel DenHartog
Summary: The study reveals that liquid transport in textiles does not occur through the spaces between yarns, but rather through the contact points. Additionally, a wicking length-time superposition was observed, where liquid first wicked within a single yarn before spilling over to adjacent yarns with a time offset.
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
(2021)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Alenka Ojstrsek, Olivija Plohl, Selestina Gorgieva, Manja Kurecic, Urska Jancic, Silvo Hribernik, Darinka Fakin
Summary: The rapid growth of wearable technology has led to the development of conductive textiles for various applications. These textiles now play an active role in different sectors, but also face challenges and opportunities in their development and application.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Tim Egghe, Rouba Ghobeira, Rino Morent, Richard Hoogenboom, Nathalie De Geyter
Summary: This study investigates the aging of plasma activated plasma polymer films and compares it to the aging of plasma activated silicone elastomer. The results show that both materials reach a super-hydrophilic state after plasma treatment, but the wettability of the coatings significantly decreases during aging.
PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jiancheng Dong, Yidong Peng, Dan Wang, Le Li, Chao Zhang, Feili Lai, Guanjie He, Xu Zhao, Xiu-Ping Yan, Piming Ma, Johan Hofkens, Yunpeng Huang, Tianxi Liu
Summary: In this study, a hierarchical nonwoven electronic textile (E-textile) is developed by imitating the transpiration system of plants and the water diode phenomenon. The E-textile exhibits unidirectional water transport, excellent mechanical matching, and reversible color-switching ability. As an on-skin bioelectrode, it demonstrates accurate and stable detection of biomechanical and bioelectrical signals, and can be applied in human-machine interfaces for gesture control and smart alarms. This hierarchically-designed E-textile offers a practical and innovative method for designing comfortable and daily applicable on-skin electronics.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Klaus Opwis, Dennis Plohl, Jessica Schneider, Julia Seithuemmer, Dennis Sebastian Wunschik, Jochen Stefan Gutmann
Summary: The high dissolving power and toxicological safety of supercritical carbon dioxide have been widely used in various industries, including coffee decaffeination and hop extraction. This technology has also been applied to textile finishes, specifically the metallization of polyester fibers using organometallic compounds in scCO2 to enhance electrical, antibacterial, and catalytic properties. The results obtained can be utilized in various applications such as antistatic textiles, flexible heating elements, antibacterial textiles, and potentially catalytic textiles in the chemical industry.
JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Textiles
Subhankar Maity, Madhu Yadav, Arun Kumar Patra
Summary: Solar evaporation has gained significant attention due to the abundance of solar energy and water sources on Earth. Textile materials with porous structures and micro-channels, as well as coated with photothermal materials like polypyrrole, show improved solar absorption and evaporation performance. These functional textiles have potential applications in water desalination and purification.
FIBERS AND POLYMERS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Lixia Chen, Aijaz Ahmed Babar, Gang Huang, Jing Zhao, Weian Yan, Hui Yu, Qi Feng, Xianfeng Wang
Summary: A facile strategy was reported to develop a hydrophilic oriented polyacrylonitrile/hydrophilic polylactic acid @polyvinylidene fluoride composite membrane with surface energy gradient for enhanced directional water transport. The membrane showed highly oriented fiber structure, differential pore size, and asymmetric wettability.
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
Yang Jiang, Shaofei Wang, Changhai Xu, Jinmei Du
Summary: In this study, polyurethane/acrylate waterborne hybrid polymer dispersions were synthesized and applied to textile substrates to improve water repellency. The results showed that the WPUA coatings formed a thin film on the fabric surface, leading to increased water contact angle and good durability against washing.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Wei Gong, Xiaolei Wang, Weifeng Yang, Jie Zhou, Xin Han, Michael D. Dickey, Yun Su, Chengyi Hou, Yaogang Li, Qinghong Zhang, Hongzhi Wang
Summary: The study introduces a textile that promotes and enhances sweat evaporation through wicking and polarization, degrading large water clusters into smaller ones and possessing an excellent moisture evaporation rate.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xinyi Guan, Xi Wang, Yuhao Huang, Lihuan Zhao, Xuantong Sun, Huw Owens, Jian Ren Lu, Xuqing Liu
Summary: A Janus functional textile achieved by graphene oxide (GO) coating is developed, exhibiting remarkable moisture management performance with both continuous directional liquid moisture transport and outstanding prevention of water penetration.
ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Medicine, Legal
Ruksana Baby, Stephen Michielsen, Jiaying Wu
Summary: The study investigated the effects of yarn size on blood wicking and stains on textiles, revealing that thicker yarn fabrics had faster blood wicking but finer yarn fabrics resulted in larger and more extensive stains. This research could benefit forensic scientists in understanding wicking in textiles and comparing bloodstains on different types of fabrics.
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Composites
Mahmoud H. Abu Elella, Emad S. Goda, Kuk Ro Yoon, Sang Eun Hong, Mahmoud S. Morsy, Rasha A. Sadak, Heba Gamal
Summary: In this study, a facile and eco-friendly vapor-phase polymerization (VPP) of pyrrole on cotton/polyester substrate with silver nitrate was introduced, leading to the formation of polypyrrole-silver composite (Ppy-Ag) as a coating layer with superior conductivity, antibacterial properties, and flame retardancy.
COMPOSITES COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Xi Lu, Wenhui Shang, Guokang Chen, Haifei Wang, Peng Tan, Xiaobo Deng, Huafeng Song, Ziyao Xu, Junqiao Huang, Xuechang Zhou
Summary: A facile and effective method for metallization of stretchable knitted fabrics is reported, which combines electroless deposition and electrodeposition techniques to enhance the electrical conductivity, mechanical durability, and environmental stability of the textiles at the fiber level. This approach has achieved a sheet resistance of less than 0.02 Omega sq(-1) for metallized textiles under more than 400% tensile strain, demonstrating superior stability in varied environments for practical applications in wearable electronics, such as wearable heaters and strain sensors.
ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Tim Egghe, Rouba Ghobeira, Parinaz Saadat Esbah Tabaei, Rino Morent, Richard Hoogenboom, Nathalie De Geyter
Summary: This study presents a plasma-based method for fabricating coatings with selective functionalities. By using plasma polymerization and air plasma treatment, this method successfully synthesizes coatings with specific functionalities on various surfaces, demonstrating its feasibility and wide applicability.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2022)
Article
Polymer Science
Abdurrahman Telli, Mahmut Tas
Summary: This study proposed a new method to activate PET surface using a polydopamine interlayer (PDA) to create a more uniform polyaniline (PAni) coating through in-situ polymerization. The PDA interlayer significantly reduced sheet resistance, providing a more homogeneous and chemically stable PAni coating. Furthermore, it was found that the PDA + PAni coated fabric exhibited a maximum of 10% reflectance in the range of 400 and 700 nm.
JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biophysics
Laetitia Bernard, Patrick Rupper, Greta Faccio, Dirk Hegemann, Olivier Scholder, Manfred Heuberger, Katharina Maniura-Weber, Marianne Vandenbossche
Review
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
M. Vandenbossche, D. Hegemann
CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE
(2018)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Marianne Vandenbossche, Gesine Gunkel-Grabole, Anja Car, Laetitia Bernard, Patrick Rupper, Katharina Maniura-Weber, Manfred Heuberger, Greta Faccio, Dirk Hegemann
PLASMA CHEMISTRY AND PLASMA PROCESSING
(2018)
Editorial Material
Physics, Applied
Pietro Favia, Dirk Hegemann, Christian Oehr, Michael R. Wertheimer, Renate Foerch
PLASMA PROCESSES AND POLYMERS
(2018)
Article
Physics, Applied
Marianne Vandenbossche, Laurene Petit, Julie Mathon-Lagresle, Fabrizio Spano, Patrick Rupper, Laetitia Bernard, Dirk Hegemann
PLASMA PROCESSES AND POLYMERS
(2018)
Article
Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Martin Amberg, Marianne Vandenbossche, Dirk Hegemann
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Biophysics
Laetitia Bernard, Patrick Rupper, Greta Faccio, Dirk Hegemann, Olivier Scholder, Manfred Heuberger, Katharina Maniura-Weber, Marianne Vandenbossche
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Steffi Wiesenmueller, Peter Cierniak, Martin Juebner, Enrico Koerner, Dirk Hegemann, Katja Mercer-Chalmers Bender
JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS APPLICATIONS
(2018)
Article
Physics, Applied
Milan Simek, Mirko Cernak, Ondrej Kylian, Ruediger Foest, Dirk Hegemann, Rainer Martini
PLASMA PROCESSES AND POLYMERS
(2019)
Article
Polymer Science
Marianne Vandenbossche, Johanna Dorst, Martin Amberg, Urs Schuetz, Patrick Rupper, Manfred Heuberger, Dirk Hegemann
POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Henning Galinski, Daniel Leutenegger, Martin Amberg, Fabio Krogh, Volker Schnabel, Manfred Heuberger, Ralph Spolenak, Dirk Hegemann
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Patrick Rupper, Martin Amberg, Dirk Hegemann, Manfred Heuberger
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2020)
Review
Physics, Applied
Dirk Hegemann, Ezgi Buelbuel, Barbara Hanselmann, Urs Schuetz, Martin Amberg, Sandra Gaiser
Summary: Activation reactions of molecules in plasma are investigated using plasma polymerization, which involves understanding reaction pathways, film-forming mechanisms, and fundamental principles related to collision frequency, cross-section, and reaction rate. The energy transfer from electrons to monomer molecules and the conversion into film-forming species are crucial for plasma-chemical activation reactions.
PLASMA PROCESSES AND POLYMERS
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sandra Gaiser, Urs Schutz, Patrick Rupper, Dirk Hegemann
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jean Schoeller, Fabian Itel, Karin Wuertz-Kozak, Sandra Gaiser, Nicolas Luisier, Dirk Hegemann, Stephen J. Ferguson, Giuseppino Fortunato, Rene M. Rossi
Summary: Surface functionalization of electrospun nanofibers allows for the introduction of additional functionalities while retaining high porosity and surface-to-volume ratio. In this study, chitosan and alginate were sequentially deposited on PLGA nanofibers to form a polyelectrolyte complex for controlled release of ibuprofen. Chitosan with a positive surface charge regulated the interactions between the drug and the coating, resulting in slower release at acidic pH compared to neutral pH.
