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Microban Launches AkoTech Umbrella of Advanced Multifunctional Coating Technologies

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Coatings: Biopolymers from Bacteria Protect Technical Textiles

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Conductive Textiles

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The AkoTech umbrella of technologies

AkoTech Formulations Combine Innovative Coating Technology with World-Class Microban Branding and Support Microban International, a leader in antimicrobial solutions, announced the launch of AkoTech, an advanced platform of multifunctional coating …

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Charging a doctor blade with molten PHA using a hot-melt gun. Photos courtesy of DITF

Textiles for technical applications often derive their special function via the application of coatings. This way, textiles become, for example, wind and waterproof or more resistant to abrasion. Usually, petroleum-based …

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Figure 2: Some applications of electronical textiles.

Development of Electrically Conductive Polyester Yarn by Surface Modification for Smart and Technical Textiles Until textiles take their place in our lives, it involves many complex and long processes such …

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The Swiss company Livinguard has developed a treatment for textile facial masks that can directly inactivate bacteria and viruses

Coatings and treatments at the fiber level are primarily utilized as a process aid. These ingredients can be used to heat stabilize the fiber while it is spun and stretched. …

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Comparison of treated textiles with different droplets

Anthony John Galante is pursuing a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is conducting research on microbe repellent surfaces at the Lab for Advanced Materials …

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