A protective pad or garment portion, garments, and individual layers, being a moisture wicking layer, a core moisture absorbing layer and a moisture impermeable layer, and combinations thereof are disclosed.

Textile fibers at least partially coated with a coating that includes particles of metal-organic frameworks dispersed in a polymeric base are provided. Also provided are fabrics formed from the textile fibers, protective gear and articles of clothing made from the fabrics, and methods of using the fibers and fabrics to catalyze the hydrolysis of organic molecules, such as organophosphate-based nerve agents, having hydrolysable bonds.

A fine cellulose fiber composite in which a modifying group is bound to a carboxy group of fine cellulose fibers, the fine cellulose fibers having a carboxy group content of 0.1 mmol/g or more, wherein the fine cellulose fiber composite has an average aspect ratio of 1 or more and 150 or less; and a resin composition containing the fine cellulose fiber composite and a resin. The resin composition containing a fine cellulose fiber composite of the present invention has excellent heat resistance, and the molded article of this resin composition has excellent mechanical strength, heat resistance, and dimensional stability. Accordingly, the present invention can be suitably used in various industrial applications such as daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, wrapping materials for household electric appliance parts, and automobile parts.

Esters of polylactic acid, including polyethylene glycol esters of polylactic acid are disclosed. Exemplary esters of polylactic acid can be used as textile finishes. Methods of making the esters of polylactic acid via direct and transesterification reactions are also disclosed.

A process for effectively binding plant-based antimicrobials to various fabrics which provides for long term antimicrobial effect of the fabric and the resultant fabric.

Porous, binderless ceramic surface modification materials are described, and applications of use thereof. The ceramic surface material is in the form of an interconnected network of porous ceramic material on a substrate. The ceramic material may include a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, and/or hydrates thereof, or a metal carbonate or metal phosphate, on a substrate surface. The substrate may be in the form of a metal or polymer particulate, powder, extrudate, or flakes.

A method for processing a cotton-containing textile waste includes: separating cotton fibers from a batch of the textile waste; pretreating the cotton fibers by soaking in a hydroxide-ion-containing solution to obtain a mixture including pretreated carbon fibers; removing a liquid portion from the mixture to obtain the pretreated carbon fibers; subjecting the pretreated carbon fibers to enzymatic hydrolysis to form a sugary juice containing glucose; and e) adding the liquid portion as part of the hydroxide-ion-containing solution for pretreating the cotton fibers separated from a next batch of the textile waste.

The present invention relates to a process for depositing at least a culture of microorganisms to an elongated element, preferably a yarn, comprising the steps of: providing at least a first feeding device comprising at least a first outlet; supplying at least one elongated element to said at least first feeding device; feeding to said first outlet at least a first culture comprising at least one microorganism; dispensing said first culture from said at least first outlet; contacting at least part of said elongated element with said first culture of microorganisms, to provide at least a part of said elongated element with an amount of said first culture of microorganisms.

The present invention aims to provide highly flowable granules comprising a complex fiber of a fiber with inorganic particles. Granules comprising a complex fiber of a fiber with inorganic particles are provided by the present invention. The granules of the present invention have a particle size of 0.1 to 10 mm and a water content of less than 60%.

Functionalized particles comprising a shell and a core and a payload that is embedded or entrapped, wherein the shell matrix is obtained by interfacial polymerisation of vinyltriethoxy silane and at least one other ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with vinyltriethoxy silane, said functionalized particles being capable to chemically bind to a substrate, are suitable as controlled release systems for textile applications to impart durable softness and excellent water retention even after multiple laundries.