A piezoresistive sensor featuring a fabric of woven or nonwoven fibers coated with carbon nanotubes can be integrated with footwear or clothing to serve as a pressure sensor that can monitor and/or analyze human activity during the course of the activities of daily living of the wearer.

Composition and production methods of artificial hair (11) with natural organic material, comprising a core (12), surrounded by a mantle (9), whereby the core comprises a strong fiber with one or more filaments (13) and whereby the mantle comprises one or more layers of shellac and liquefied hydrolysed human hair, combined with crosslinkers that are attached to the core that can be composed of natural fibroin fibers or of fibers of a high performance synthetic polymer.

This patent document discloses a method of fabricating an electrically conductive fiber coated with polythiophene and a carbon material. The low-cost method is amenable to modifications to suit the practical needs in various applications.

This document discloses an electrically conductive fiber coated with polythiophene and a carbon material. Also disclosed is an article of manufacture incorporating the conductive fiber.

A method of marking fibers, wherein the method includes providing a plurality of fibers; depositing a marker onto at least a portion of the fibers, the depositing being performed with a delivery mechanism comprising one or more outlets; and thereby marking the fibers. Also provided is a device for marking fibers, including a transport system adapted to transport fibers in a direction of a marker delivery apparatus positioned along the transport system; the delivery apparatus includes one or more outlets, adapted to deposit a solution of the marker through the outlets onto at least a portion of the fibers; and thereby marking the fibers. Authentication of a fibrous material using the marking method of the invention followed obtaining a sample of the marked fibers and assaying the sample for the presence of the nucleic acid marker; and thereby determining whether the fibrous material is authentic or counterfeit.

Silk coated and/or infused performance materials, apparel, and methods of preparing the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, silk performance apparel includes textiles, fabrics, consumer products, and other materials that are coated with aqueous solutions of pure silk fibroin-based protein fragments having low, medium, and/or high molecular weight in various ratios.

A multifunctional high-strength composite fabric coating agent, a coating, a method for preparing the same and an application thereof are provided. The fabric coating agent includes a resin, a reinforcing agent with a reactive group, a bifunctional dispersing agent, a leveling agent, a film forming agent, a softening agent, an antibacterial agent, a solvent, and the like. The reinforcing agent is modified such that it has active functional groups of OH and NH.sub.3. The fabric coating agent is not only easy to apply, fast to react and stabilize, but also suitable for a fabric surface of any material. A treated fabric has high tensile-breaking strength, excellent tearing and bursting performance, good waterproof-and-moisture-permeability and antibacterial performance, and high adhesion. It can be repeatedly knife coated, roll coated, calendared, or dipped. The method is not only mature in technology and low in production cost, but also suitable for large-scale application.

A coated staple fiber (1) suitable for obtaining protective and floating padding, having a core consisting of at least one natural and/or man-made organic staple fiber (F) and comprising: I) a base tackifier layer (A) which covers the natural and/or man-made organic staple fiber (F) and which comprises a hydrocarbon resin II) an intermediate heat insulating and fire retardant layer (B) which covers the base layer (A) and which comprises aerogel microparticles evenly but not continuously distributed, III) a top hydrophobic layer (C) which covers the intermediate layer (B) and which comprises organosilanes, wherein the base layer (A) binds the intermediate layer (B) to the natural and/or man-made organic staple fiber (F) and the intermediate layer (B) is included between the base layer (A) and the top layer (C).

The present invention provides super-hydrophobic fabrics and a preparation method thereof, and belong to the field of textiles. The super-hydrophobic fabrics are obtained by finishing Pickering emulsion formed by amphiphilic particles stabilizing low-surface-energy substances in water. Via a one-step finishing method using Pickering emulsion technology, facile preparation of durable super-hydrophobic fabrics is realized. The static contact angle between the finished fabric surfaces and water droplets is greater than 150 degrees, and the water droplets can roll off easily; and after being subjected to 30 times of standard washing tests, the finished fabrics still maintains excellent water repellency. In addition, the Pickering emulsion preparation and finishing process of the present invention are environmentally friendly, pollution-free, facile to operate and widely applicable.

The invention relates to a method of making a flame retardant material, and/or to a flame retardant material, and/or a polymer composite including the flame retardant material, and/or a method of making the polymer composite. More particularly, the invention relates to treatment of a keratinous fibre with a reactive amine and an inorganic acid to make a flame retardant material which is can be used in a polymer composite.