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Progress on Advanced Fibrous Materials
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Progress on Advanced Fibrous Materials

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Fibers".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 April 2025 | Viewed by 1955

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Prof. Dr. Wanjun Liu

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College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Interests: biomaterials; islet encapsulation; bioprinting; hydrogels; nanofibers; textiles
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Dear Colleagues,

Thousands of years have passed since the history of textiles and fibers began, starting with animal skins and plants. Over the past seventy years, the fiber and textile industries have undergone revolutionary changes and seen the most significant innovations in their histories. The most important innovations have come with the advent of the information and biotechnology industries. Recently, research on functional fibrous materials has been targeting the emerging multi-billion-dollar wearable technology industry and high-value applications in smart textiles. Textile functionality is expanding and advancing beyond the limit, and those advanced functionalities have been employed to protect public health and environmental protection in many different ways, such as safety gear, superabsorbance, filtrations, toxic purification, and the military system. Moreover, functional textiles have been developed in line with enhancing comfort properties.

This Special Issue aims to cover current research progress on polymer-based functional textiles. It intends to cover diverse aspects of textile materials and products, including material synthesis and modifications, the manufacture of fibrous materials, physical and chemical properties, characterization methods, care and maintenance, and case studies of textile applications.

Prof. Dr. Wanjun Liu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • fibrous materials
  • functional fibers
  • advanced characterization and manufacture methods for textile and fibrous materials
  • textile design and engineering for advanced functionality

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An Exploration of Alkaline Degumming in the Printing and Dyeing Process of Silk Georgette
by Huihui Wu, Jiali Zhou, Panpan Zhu, Jing Li and Yufeng Li
Polymers 2024, 16(20), 2926; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16202926 - 18 Oct 2024
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Alkali printing was one of the traditional techniques employed for printing on silk georgette in ancient China. This study investigates two degumming methods in alkaline printing processes, namely alkaline boiling and alkaline steaming, based on the principles of Tang Dynasty alkaline printing techniques. [...] Read more.
Alkali printing was one of the traditional techniques employed for printing on silk georgette in ancient China. This study investigates two degumming methods in alkaline printing processes, namely alkaline boiling and alkaline steaming, based on the principles of Tang Dynasty alkaline printing techniques. The effects of slaked lime concentration, steam temperature, and steam duration on the degumming rate of silk georgette are studied. Alkaline boiling is found to be rapid and effective, achieving a degumming rate of 27% at 80 °C in 30 min, whereas alkaline steaming requires a prolonged process with a maximum degumming rate of less than 20% before the water reaches its boiling point. Additionally, the differences in dyeing effects at various degumming rates, and the variations in pattern clarity and detail under alkaline steaming, were compared. Although both degumming methods can achieve the desired amount of degumming rate through process control, alkaline steaming allows for integration with methods like screen printing and rotary printing, offering better control over pattern freedom and detail. The combination of these two processes can further expand the artistic expression and application of traditional alkaline printing techniques in contemporary silk degumming printing. Full article
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Structural Design and Performance of Cut-Resistant Fabrics with Concave–Convex Arrays
by Fei Jiang, Ting Su, Leimei Fang, Kezheng Zhao and Honglian Cong
Polymers 2024, 16(15), 2137; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16152137 - 27 Jul 2024
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As the risk of social security increases, it is crucial to develop flexible protective materials that combine flexibility with high protective performance. Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) was selected as the raw material, and four types of flat-knitting cut-resistant fabrics were ultimately designed and prepared [...] Read more.
As the risk of social security increases, it is crucial to develop flexible protective materials that combine flexibility with high protective performance. Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) was selected as the raw material, and four types of flat-knitting cut-resistant fabrics were ultimately designed and prepared from a three-dimensional longitudinal dimension and concave–convex array structure based on rib knitting. A series of experiments must be conducted on fabrics in order to study the law of protection performance of different structural fabrics. They were thus subjected to comprehensive evaluation and theoretical analysis of cut resistance. The results demonstrate that the four structural fabrics exhibited resilience in abrasion tests, withstanding over 100,000 cycles without failure. A weighting algorithm was employed to determine the comprehensive cutting resistance of the S1, S2, S3, and S4 structural fabrics, resulting in values of 1939.9 gf, 2298.6 gf, 2577.1 gf, and 2822.2 gf, respectively. Therefore, S1 reached class A4, which is sufficient to address a medium cut hazard. Similarly, S2, S3, and S4 reached class A5, which is adequate to address a high cut hazard. The obtained fitting equation, with uniform yarn fineness T as the dependent variable, demonstrates that the cut resistance improved as the concave–convex density level increased. Full article
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