The textile industry constitutes an important sector of the global economy. The demand for fast fashion has resulted in increased production of clothing, footwear, and household fabrics, leaving ...

The term “sustainability” was defined in the late 1980s by the UN World Commission on Environment and Development as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future ...

A new reusable fabric that can deactivate both biological and chemical threats could revolutionize protective clothing. A team of researchers from Northwestern University (Il, USA) has developed a ...

The MAPICC 3D project (2011-2016) realized a process capable of producing net-shape preforms from topology-optimized, high-performance structural 3D thermoplastic textile composites. The final product ...

In the article a description of the behaviour of metallic layers created in the process of physical vacuum deposition on a composite textile substrates during their cyclical bending process is ...

Mechanical behaviors of a new class of composites made up of a 3D-textile core enclosed by two rubber layers, either reinforced or unreinforced, are investigated in this study to address the need for ...