(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Shanghai in China, have developed a waterproof cotton fabric that remains waterproof after going through a domestic wash at least 250 times.
... railing. Scientists are reporting development of a new cotton fabric that does clean itself of stains ... -free socks and other products. Self-cleaning cotton fabrics have been made in the past, the authors note ...
... in Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Scientists dipped cotton fabric in a solution containing DNA taken ... the untreated cotton burned completely within 80 seconds, the DNA-treated fabric was slow ...
... than yellow. Scientists in Spain are reporting that the same cotton fabric dyed deep blue or red ... and other factors. In doing so, they dyed cotton fabrics in a wide range of red, blue, and yellow ...
... conductive nanoparticles. "We can definitively have sections of a traditional cotton fabric becoming conductive, hence a great ... become part of the dress," Hinestroza said. "Cotton used to be called the 'fabric of our lives' but based on these results, we can now ...
Cotton reinforced with boron carbide is tough and hard but nonetheless elastic. These properties indicate future promise, but this material is not yet bulletproof.
... robust." So they went with ordinary woven cotton fabric. "We got it at Wal-mart," Cui said. To turn their discount store cotton into a filter, they dipped it into a solution of carbon nanotubes ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Davis scientists have developed a self-cleaning cotton fabric that can kill bacteria and break down toxic chemicals such as pesticide residues when exposed to light.
Simply a few hours of sunshine cleans specially treated cotton fabrics
... tests showed that the new coating, applied to cotton fabric, repelled water, acids, bases ... solvents. The coating also was durable, remaining intact on the cotton fabric after 50 trips through a home ...
Socks, T-shirts and other garments could become less hospitable to odor-causing bacteria, thanks to new antimicrobial treatments being investigated by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists ...
... a coating of PNIPAAm, a polymer, to the cotton fabric. At lower temperatures, this cotton has a sponge-like structure ... Esteves a further advantage is that the basic material -- cotton fabric -- is cheap and can be easily and locally produced ...
