Dual‐Responsive MXene‐Functionalized Wool Yarn Artificial Muscles
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DOI: 10.1002/advs.202402196
Abstract: Fiber‐based artificial muscles are promising for smart textiles capable of sensing, interacting, and adapting to environmental stimuli. However, the application of current artificial muscle‐based textiles in wearable and engineering fields has largely remained a constraint… read more here.
Keywords: artificial muscles; yarn; responsive mxene; dual responsive ... See more keywords
Insulating composites made from sulfur, canola oil, and wool.
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DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202100187
Abstract: An insulating composite was made from the sustainable building blocks wool, sulfur, and canola oil. In the first stage of the synthesis, inverse vulcanization was used to make a polysulfide polymer from the canola oil… read more here.
Keywords: canola oil; wool; polymer; sulfur canola ... See more keywords
Physico‐Mechanical, Thermal, and Microstructural Insights Into Waste Sheep Wool Reinforced Bio‐Composites: An Experimental Analysis
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DOI: 10.1002/pc.70537
Abstract: This study investigates coarse sheep wool fibers as a sustainable reinforcement for high‐performance polymer composites produced via Vacuum‐Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM). Composite panels were fabricated with two to five nonwoven fiber layers of coarse… read more here.
Keywords: physico mechanical; analysis; coarse sheep; wool ... See more keywords
Pulverization of fibrous mineral wool waste
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DOI: 10.1007/s10163-017-0692-3
Abstract: The total annual volume of mineral wool waste in the 27 European Union countries is expected to increase to 2.5 million tons per year by 2020. Unfortunately, mineral wool wastes are often considered unrecyclable, because their… read more here.
Keywords: mineral wools; wool; pulverization fibrous; wool waste ... See more keywords
Factors affecting wool characteristics of sheep reared in Kashmir
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DOI: 10.1007/s11250-020-02238-1
Abstract: This study was conducted on 82,908 records of purebred and upgraded Kashmir Merino sheep to evaluate the performance of breed over the years. The data pertaining to fiber diameter (FD), staple length (SL), clean wool… read more here.
Keywords: wool; characteristics sheep; factors affecting; kashmir ... See more keywords
A bio-antifelting agent based on waterborne polyurethane and keratin polypeptides extracted by protease from waste wool
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DOI: 10.1007/s12221-017-6723-9
Abstract: A bio-composite made from keratin polypeptides and waterborne polyurethane was firstly employed as a bioantifelting agent for wool fabric. The keratin polypeptides, extracted from the waste wool fibers with the protease Esperase8.0L, possessed 5271 weight-average… read more here.
Keywords: keratin polypeptides; waterborne polyurethane; wool; bio ... See more keywords
Dual-mode adsorption of cochineal natural dye on wool fibers: Kinetic, equilibrium, and thermodynamic studies
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DOI: 10.1007/s12221-017-6923-3
Abstract: The dual-mode adsorption model was used to investigate the adsorption behavior of cochineal natural dye on wool fibers. Kinetic, thermodynamic, and equilibrium characteristics were investigated in terms of the adsorption isotherm, affinity, enthalpy and entropy… read more here.
Keywords: dual mode; adsorption; dye wool; wool ... See more keywords
LED-UV grafting of vinylsulfone dyes onto photo-oxidized wool fabrics
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DOI: 10.1007/s12221-017-7287-4
Abstract: Photografting coloration of wool was carried out under UV-LED irradiation at room temperature using aqueous vinylsulfone dye solution containing vinylsulfonic acid as a comonomer. UV-LED irradiation of the 395 nm emission is more energy efficient,… read more here.
Keywords: wool; led grafting; grafting vinylsulfone; wool fabrics ... See more keywords
Surface Modification of Wool Fabric with POSS® Nanomaterial
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DOI: 10.1007/s12221-018-1169-2
Abstract: Wool fabrics, without any surface treatment, can undergo undesirable and irreversible structural changes of wool fiber during washing under heat and mechanical agitation, leading to high shrinkage of wool garments. The traditional method based on… read more here.
Keywords: wool; poss; treatment; surface ... See more keywords
Eco-friendly Grafting of Chitosan as a Biopolymer onto Wool Fabrics Using Horseradish Peroxidase
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DOI: 10.1007/s12221-019-8546-3
Abstract: Chitosan and enzymes have been extensively used in modification of wool, due to their non-toxic and eco-friendly characteristics, as well as to reduce pollution in textile production. In the present work, chitosan was grafted onto… read more here.
Keywords: wool; eco friendly; chitosan grafted; onto wool ... See more keywords
Novel One Step Printing and Functional Finishing of Wool Fabric Using Selenium Nanoparticles
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DOI: 10.1007/s12221-020-9461-3
Abstract: This study demonstrates the possibility of one step printing and multifunctional finishing of wool fabrics using synthesized selenium nanoparticles (Se-NPs) as stable functional colorant. Se-NPs formation was emphasized using visible changes, UV-visible absorption spectra, and… read more here.
Keywords: step printing; microscopy; wool; finishing wool ... See more keywords