ENVIRONMENT-CONTROLLING FIBERS AND FABRICS USING THE SAME

Abstract

The invention discloses environment-controlling fibers and fabrics using the same, which adopts polyolefin material, optoelectronic material, thermoelectric material, piezoelectric material and catalyst material, to make fibers and fabric by melting, mixing, drawing and weaving. The fabrics are used in all kinds of environmental control products or for organic agriculture. To use green energy such as solar light energy, solar thermal energy, wind energy, hydro energy, geothermal energy and other renewable energy to stimulate the function of the special material within the fibers, so that the fabrics can remove pollutants in the environment and produce self-purification function to achieve the purpose of improving the environmental conditions or promote plant growth.

Claims

1. Environment-controlling fibers comprising a specific amount of polyolefin as a base material, a specific amount of rubber elastic material, a specific amount of optoelectronic material for receiving energies outside the fibers to produce optoelectronic effect, a specific amount of piezoelectric material for receiving energies outside the fibers to produce piezoelectric effect, a specific amount of thermoelectric material for receiving energies outside the fibers to produce thermoelectric effect and a specific amount of catalyst material being resonated by the optoelectronic effect and, the thermoelectric effect and the piezoelectric effect to increase amplitudes of the energies so as to increase the catalysis activity of the catalyst material.

2. The fibers as claimed in claim 1, wherein the specific amount of polyolefin is by weight ratio of 7095%; the specific amount of optoelectronic material is by weight ratio of 1%10%; the specific amount of piezoelectric material is by weight ratio of 1%5%, the specific amount of thermoelectric material is by weight ratio of 1%5% and the specific amount of catalyst material is by weight ratio of 1%5% and the specific amount of rubber elastic material is by weight ratio of 1%5%.

3. The fibers as claimed in claim 1, wherein further includes amount of natural plant essential oil by weight ratio of 110%; the specific amount of rubber elastic material is by weight ratio of 15%; the specific amount of polyolefin is by weight ratio of 6594%; the specific amount of optoelectronic material is by weight ratio of 15%; the specific amount of piezoelectric material is by weight ratio of 15%, the specific amount of thermoelectric material is by weight ratio of 15% and the specific amount of catalyst material is by weight ratio of 15%.

4. The fibers as claimed in claim 1, wherein further includes amount of natural plant essential oil by weight ratio of 15%, amount of fireproof material by weight ratio of 110% and amount of conductive antistatic material by weight ratio of 15%; the specific amount of rubber elastic material is by weight ratio of 15%; the specific amount of polyolefin is by weight ratio of 5592%; the specific amount of optoelectronic material is by weight ratio of 15%; the specific amount of piezoelectric material is by weight ratio of 15%, the specific amount of thermoelectric material is by weight ratio of 15% and the specific amount of catalyst material is by weight ratio of 15%.

5. The fibers as claimed in claim 4, wherein the fireproof material is selected at least one from the group consisting of magnesium hydroxide, antimony trioxide, red phosphorus, molybdenum compounds, zinc borate, zinc stannate, decabromodiphenyl oxide, octabromo-ether organic silicone and carbon black; the conductive antistatic material is selected from the group consisting of conductive carbon black, polyether, quaternary ammonium salt, sulfonate, betaine, carbon fiber, metal fiber, nickel-plated metal carbon fiber and nano carbon nanotube.

6. The fibers as claimed in any one of claim 1, wherein the polyolefin material is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene and polyethylene; the optoelectronic material is selected at least one from the group consisting of (SrBaMg).sub.3Si.sub.2O.sub.7, Al.sub.5O.sub.8:Mn.sup.4+, CaAl.sub.2O.sub.4:Eu.sup.2+,Dy.sup.3+, CaAl.sub.12O.sub.19:Mn.sup.4+, SrAl.sub.2O.sub.4:Eu.sup.2+,Dy.sup.3+, Sr.sub.4Al.sub.14O.sub.25:Eu.sup.2+,Dy.sup.3+, SrAl.sub.12O.sub.19:Eu.sup.2+,Dy.sup.3+, BaMg.sub.2Al.sub.16O.sub.27, CeMgAl.sub.11O.sub.19, MgAl.sub.2O.sub.4, GdAlO.sub.3 and MgGa.sub.2O.sub.4; the piezoelectric material is selected at least one from the group consisting of quartz, cadmium sulfide, zinc oxide, aluminum nitride, ferroelectric crystal, barium titanate crystal, lithium niobate, tantalum niobate, barium niobate crystal, deuterium lead phosphate, bismuth titanate crystals, barium titanate ceramics, lead zirconate titanate (PZT); the thermoelectric material is selected at least one from the group consisting of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, ZrO.sub.2, MgO, TiO.sub.2, SiO.sub.2, ZrC, SiC, B.sub.4C, TaC, TiB.sub.2, ZrB.sub.2, CrB.sub.2, TiSi.sub.2, MoSi.sub.2, WSi.sub.2, Si.sub.3N.sub.4, Fe.sub.2O, bamboo charcoal, prepared long charcoal, Maifan stone, Guiyang stone, volcanic rocks and jade; the catalyst material is selected at least one from the group consisting of gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium, Copper, titanium, tungsten, zinc, manganese, germanium, bismuth, ruthenium, iridium, molybdenum, chromium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, Promethium, carbon nanotubes, germanium oxide, zinc oxide, Titanium, alumina, iron oxide, palladium oxide, magnesium oxide, zirconium oxide, nickel oxide, tin oxide, manganese oxide, chromium oxide, cerium oxide, neodymium oxide and yttrium oxide.

7. The fibers as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fibers each has the Danni number of 5050000 den.

8. The fibers as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fibers each is integrally formed with at least two ridges viewed from a cross section of the fiber, a length of each ridge extends along an axial direction of the fiber, a top of each ridge extends in a curve.

9. The fibers as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fibers are made by melting and drawing a specific amount of granular processing material; the specific amount of granular processing material are made by melting and mixing a specific amount of processing material through an air-cooled granulation equipment under a temperature condition from 160 to 350 degrees Celsius; the specific amount of processing material are mixed with the specific amount of polyolefin, the specific amount of optoelectronic material, the specific amount of piezoelectric material, the specific amount of thermoelectric material and the specific amount of catalyst material.

10. A fabric made by the fibers as claimed in claim 1, the fabric is selected from the groups consist of a fabric used by greenhouse of farming industry for controlling environment by natural green energies, a fabric used by factory of farming industry for controlling environment by natural green energies, a fabric to be light gratings for planting, a fabric for human life, a fabric for health cares, a fabric for promoting the quality of indoor air, a fabric for filtering fumes, a fabric to be geotextile for planting, a fabric for removing fog, a fabric for cleaning air, and a fabric for controlling environmental pollution.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of the manufacturing method of the present invention.

[0014] FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of the manufacturing method of the present invention.

[0015] FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a third embodiment of the manufacturing method of the present invention.

[0016] FIG. 4 is a schematic view of cross-sectioned of fiber of the present invention.

[0017] FIG. 5 is a schematic view of woven fabric for agriculture of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0018] The environment-controlling fiber developed by the present invention has the energy transmission ability when the fiber receives the outside green energy. The fibers produces optoelectronicity through the optoelectronic material, produces piezoelectricity through the piezoelectric material, and produces resonant effect through the thermoelectric material (far-infrared ray material) to increase the amplitude and activation of energy to excite the catalyst material, so as to increase catalytic effect on the activity of electron and electronic hole at the energy level, and effectively enhance the catalytic performance of catalyst to catalytic and control the environmental pollutant, and produce light with wavelength of 400700 nm (such as the far-infrared ray with the wavelength of 414 m) and decompose water in the air (humidity) to produce water oxygen anion. Thus, the woven fabric 20 woven by the fibers of the present invention has the function of increasing the effect by resonance and friction so as to produce an environmental control function, and the woven fabric 20 can be used for organic agriculture, or gratings for plant growth (referring to FIG. 5). Moreover, the woven fabric 20 of the present invention can be used for health cares, for promoting the indoor air quality (such as fabric filter for air conditioner), equipped on the device for filtering fumes (such as fabric filter for filtering fumes), as geotextile for planting (such as geotextile pad bedding under or on the soil for planting), for removing fog (such as fabric filter equipped on washing tower for removing fog), for cleaning air (such as fabric filter for cleaning air), for changing air (such as window screen), and for environmental pollution control (such as the filter of industrial water washing equipment for producing positive and negative ions to remove TVOCS. The basic characteristics of the technology for fiber of the present invention is mixing the polyolefin (such as polypropylene and polyethylene, etc., by the hydrocarbon materials to reduce the environmental pollution) with optoelectronic materials, piezoelectric materials, thermoelectric materials and catalyst Materials, by an air-cooled granulation equipment with twin-screw, the above materials were melted, mixed and granulated to be granular processing materials, and then melting the granular processing materials and drawing to be fibers by a melt drawing processing technology. So the woven fabric by the fibers of the present invention receives external sunlight, air flow, heat, energy of vibration and friction of fibers, air humidity and other natural energy, through the optoelectronic materials to produce optoelectronicity, piezoelectric material to produce piezoelectric effect and through thermoelectric materials to produce thermoelectric effect (produce far-infrared ray). Through the thermoelectric effect, the piezoelectric effect, the photocatalytic effect, the redox effect, the free electron effect, the catalytic effect and the slow release to amplify the natural energy and apply to the catalyst materials, the catalyst materials can fully exert its effectiveness. The ratio of weight of each material can be adjusted according to the requirement of the user. The main concept of the invention is to integrate the optoelectronic material, the piezoelectric material, the thermoelectric material and the catalyst material to the fiber so that when the fiber receives the natural energy, the catalyst material in the medium can produce the increasing of amplitude of effect. First, the fibers of fabrics can produce far-infrared ray with wavelength range of 414 m and decompose water of moisture (humidity) to produce water oxygen anion. Second, the fibers of fabrics can produce light effect to increase plant growth and limit the wavelength of sunlight at 400700 nm, and increase the long afterglow for the night brightness. Third, the fibers of fabrics can inhibit the biological pollution sources such as the total bacteria and mold in the air to reduce plant diseases. Fourth, the fibers of fabrics can reduce chemical pollution source in the air (such as air vapor pollutants: HCHO, TVOCs, O.sub.3, CO, CO.sub.2, SO.sub.X, NO.sub.X, C.sub.XH.sub.Y, HCl, CS.sub.2, CFC.sub.S and C.sub.mH.sub.nX.sub.x, etc.), or can settle the physical pollution in the air such as airborne particulate pollen, PM.sub.2.5, PM.sub.10 and other suspended particles. Fifth, the fibers of fabrics can avoid insects so that plants prevent from pest hazards and infectious bacteria. Sixth, the fibers of fabrics have the safety functions of fireproof and anti-static by conductive. The environment-controlling fiber of the present invention has excellent performance function, which can be used for weaving fabric to be applied to agriculture for environmental control by the green energies such as applied to greenhouse room, gratings for plant growth and the like, and can be applied to all kinds of equipment for environmental control by green energy such as fabrics for health care, for promoting the quality of indoor, for filtering oil smoke, for removing fog, for planting such as geotextile, for cleaning air, applied to be window screen and for controlling environmental pollution, i.e. for widely used by agriculture, industry, fisheries, animal husbandry and the people's livelihood.

[0019] The optoelectronic effect of the optoelectronic material used in the preset invention is that when the electromagnetic radiation (such as ultraviolet light) irradiates to the optoelectronic material, the photon is absorbed to excite the free electron. The optoelectronic material is mainly the material can receive sunlight and convert the light to be fluorescent or/and phosphorescence, and store them for long-lasting, and such material basically is Zn.sub.2SiO.sub.4, CaSiO.sub.3, SiO.sub.2, TiO.sub.2, (SrBaMg).sub.3Si.sub.2O.sub.7, CaWO.sub.4, MgWO.sub.4, LiAl.sub.5O.sub.8:Mn.sup.4+, CaAl.sub.2O.sub.4:Eu.sup.2+,Dy.sup.3+, CaAl.sub.12O.sub.19:Mn.sup.4+, SrAl.sub.2O.sub.4:Eu.sup.2+,Dy.sup.3+, Sr.sub.4Al.sub.14O.sub.25:Eu.sup.2+,Dy.sup.3+, SrAl.sub.12O.sub.19:Eu.sup.2+,Dy.sup.3+, BaMg.sub.2Al.sub.16O.sub.27, CeMgAl.sub.11O.sub.19, MgAl.sub.2O.sub.4, GdAlO.sub.3, Y.sub.2O.sub.3, YVO.sub.4, SrB.sub.4O.sub.7F, MgGa.sub.2O.sub.4, MgGa.sub.2O.sub.4, BeO, MgO, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, GeO.sub.2SnO.sub.2ZnO, Sc.sub.2O.sub.3, La.sub.2O.sub.3, Sm.sub.2O.sub.3, Gd.sub.2O.sub.3, Dy.sub.2O.sub.3, ZrO.sub.2, CdS or WO.sub.3.

[0020] The piezoelectric effect of the piezoelectric material used in the present invention is that the atoms are specially arranged in the lattice of the piezoelectric material so as to have coupling effect between the stress field and the electric field. The piezoelectric material is basically quartz, cadmium sulfide, zinc oxide, aluminum nitride, ferroelectric crystal, barium titanate crystal, lithium niobate, tantalum niobate, barium niobate crystal, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, lead hydrogen phosphate, deuterium lead phosphate, bismuth titanate crystals, barium titanate ceramics, lead zirconate titanate PZT, and the like.

[0021] The thermoelectric material used in the present invention is the far-infrared rays producing material for receiving external thermal radiation to produce far-infrared rays with the spectrum of 4-14 m wavelength which is greater than the wavelength of visible light and has strong heat effect of heat sensing energy. The thermoelectric material is basically Al.sub.2O.sub.3, ZrO.sub.2, MgO, TiO.sub.2, SiO.sub.2, ZrC, SiC, B.sub.4C, TaC, TiB.sub.2, ZrB.sub.2, CrB.sub.2, TiSi.sub.2, MoSi.sub.2, WSi.sub.2, Si.sub.3N.sub.4, TiN, Fe.sub.2O, high temperature bamboo charcoal, prepared long charcoal, Maifan stone, Guiyang stone, volcanic rocks or jade.

[0022] The catalyst material used in the present invention is catalyst agent which provides another reaction path by a lower activation energy and is capable of accelerating the chemical reaction rate, and is the substance with the quality, composition and chemical properties remaining unchanged before and after the chemical reaction. The catalyst material can be catalyst metal, such as gold, platinum, palladium, silver, iron, copper, titanium, nickel, tungsten, zinc, manganese, germanium, bismuth, ruthenium, osmium, iridium, molybdenum, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium or carbon nanotubes. The catalyst material can be oxidized metal catalyst, such as germanium oxide, zinc oxide, silicon oxide, titanium oxide, alumina, iron oxide, palladium oxide, magnesium oxide, zirconium oxide, nickel oxide, tin oxide, manganese oxide, Chromium oxide, cerium oxide, neodymium oxide or yttrium oxide.

[0023] The natural plant essential oil used in the present invention can be tea tree oil, neem leave oil, lemon oil, methyl salicylate oil, camphor oil, clove oil, peppermint oil, eucalyptus citriodora oil, citronella oil, cubeb litsea oil, salvia officinalis oil, eucalyptus oil, rose oil, jasmine oil, geranium oil, rose geranium oil, ylang oil, frankincense oil, patchouli oil, rosemary oil, helichrysum oil, thyme oil, pine oil, cedar oil, cade oil, sandal wood oil, Ocimum basilicum oil, lime oil, orange Citrus sinensis oil, bitter orange oil, bitter orange leaf oil, orange flower oil, chamomile oil, myrrh oil, amaranth oil, white Melaleuca oil, ginger oil and so on.

[0024] The flame retardant and fireproof material is antimony trioxide, magnesium hydroxide, red phosphorus, molybdenum compound, zinc borate, zinc stannate, decabromodiphenyl oxide, octabromo-ether, organic silicon or carbon black.

[0025] The conductive antistatic material used in the present invention is polyether, quaternary ammonium salt, sulfonate, betaine, conductive carbon black, carbon fiber, metal fiber, nickel-plated metal carbon fiber or nano carbon tube.

[0026] The basic characteristics of the environment-controlling fiber of the invention are that the material is mixing the polyolefin with optoelectronic materials, piezoelectric materials, thermoelectric materials and catalyst materials, adding rubber elastic material (such as Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Monomer, EPDM) whether or not determined by the ratio of each other material and the requirement of strength, by an air-cooled granulation equipment with twin-screw, the above materials were melted, mixed and granulated to be granular processing materials, and then melting the granular processing materials and drawing to be fibers each with Danni number of 5050000 den by a melt drawing processing technology. Wherein, the polyolefin may be polypropylene having a melt flow rate (MFR) in the range of 0.150 g/10 min, or may be polyethylene having a melt flow rate (MFR) in the range of 0.150 g/10 min. The characteristic of the optoelectronic material is light storage (0.30.32 med/m.sup.2), and whose particle size distributing at 10 nm0.1l m. The piezoelectric material has the following characteristics: the piezoelectric coefficient is (10.sup.12 C/N) 0.11000, and the particle size distributing at 10 nm0.1 m. The characteristics of thermoelectric materials are: the emissivity of far-infrared ray with wavelength range of 414 m is 0.850.99%, and the particle size distribution is 10 nm0.1 m. The EPDM has a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 125 degrees Celsius) of 2070. As shown in FIG. 4, in a preferred embodiment, the surface of the fiber 10 is integrally formed with at least two ridges 11 viewed from the cross section of the fiber 10, the length of the ridges 11 extend along the axial direction of the fiber 10, the top of the ridges 11 extending in a curve, and the two ridges 11 are smoothly connected with a Curved depression 12. When the fiber receive external sunlight, through the interactions of the optoelectronic material 30, piezoelectric material 31, thermoelectric material 32 and catalyst material 33, the sunlight will be converted to required color light for plant growth, the curvatures of the ridges 11 scatter the color light out to the plant to promote plant growth.

[0027] As shown in FIG. 1, the basic characteristics of the method for producing the environment-controlling fiber to achieve the above-mentioned first to fourth objects of the present invention are mainly preparing polyolefin by weight of 7095% as a base material, such as polypropylene chips or polyethylene chips (melt flow rate, MFR is in the range of 0.150 g/10 min) (the following corresponding examples of the present invention are preparing polypropylene having a melt flow rate of 5 g/10 min and by weight ratio of 70% or 80%), preparing optoelectronic material by weight ratio of 110% (the following examples of the present invention are exemplified the optoelectronic material by weight ratio of 10% and with particle size distribution of 0.3 m), preparing piezoelectric material by weight ratio of 15% (the following examples of the present invention are exemplified the piezoelectric material by weight ratio of 2% and with particle size distribution of 1 m), preparing thermoelectric material by weight ratio of 15% (the following examples of the present invention are exemplified the thermoelectric material by weight ratio of 2% with particle size distribution of 1 m), preparing catalyst material by weight ratio of 15% (the following examples of the present invention are exemplified the catalyst material by weight ratio of 3% with particle size distribution of 0.3 m), and depending on requirement for the ductility, strength and hardness of the fiber to choose whether to add rubber elastic material (such as Ethylene-Diene Monomer, EPDM) (the following examples of the present invention are illustrated by taking EPDM by weight ratio of 3% with Mooney viscosity of 60). The above-mentioned materials were melted and mixed by the air-cooled granulation equipment with twin-screw, and were granulated to be granular processing materials, and then melting the granular processing materials and drawing to be fibers each with Danni number of 5050000 den by a melt drawing processing technology, wherein the granulation temperature is 160250 degrees Celsius in gradually increasing mode when using polypropylene as the base material, the granulation temperature is 260350 degrees Celsius in gradually increasing mode when using polyethylene as the base material, the plurality of granular processing materials were made with the average particle diameter less than 210 mm, and the plurality of granular processing materials are to be formed fibers by spinning, cooling, thermally stretching and heating through a single screw extruder. Wherein when the polypropylene is used as the base material, the spinning temperature is 160250 degrees Celsius in gradually increasing mode, and when the polyethylene is used as base material, the spinning temperature is 160350 degrees Celsius in gradually increasing mode, the later cooling temperature is 2050 degrees Celsius, the drawing times rate is 38 times, the hot water extension temperature of 80120 degrees Celsius, and the winding speed is 40180 rpm. If polypropylene was used as base material in the embodiment of the present invention, the granulation temperature was gradually increased by 180/200/210/220/230/240 degrees Celsius, the fiber spinning temperature was gradually increased by 200/210/220/230/240/250 degrees Celsius, the cooling temperature was 25 degrees Celsius, the hot water extension temperature was 100 degrees Celsius, the drawing times ratio is 6 times and the winding speed is 120 rpm. The melt drawing processing technology is carried out by heating and melting the granular processing material, extruding it into the cooling water from the spinneret, cooling it in the cooling water and winding at a constant speed at the same time, then hot stretching and winding by several times of speed in hot water, at this stage of the processing of minimizing and solidifying the molten material at the same time resulting in the fiber formed, then winding the finished fiber.

[0028] As shown in FIG. 2, the basic characteristics of the method for producing the environment-controlling fiber to achieve the above-mentioned fifth object of the present invention are mainly using polyolefin by weight of 6594% as a base material (the following corresponding example of the present invention is preparing polypropylene having a melt flow rate of 5 g/10 min and by weight ratio of 80%), using functional material by weight ratio of 525% including optoelectronic material by weight ratio of 15%, piezoelectric material by weight ratio of 15%, thermoelectric material by weight ratio of 15%, catalyst material by weight ratio of 15% and rubber elastic material by weight ratio of 15% (in one embodiment of the present invention, the optoelectronic material is by weight ratio of 2% with particle size distribution of 0.3 m, the piezoelectric material is by weight ratio of 2% with particle size distribution of 1 m, the thermoelectric material is by weight ratio of 2% with particle size distribution of 1 m, the catalyst material by weight ratio of 3% with particle size distribution of 0.3 m, and the rubber elastic material (EPDM) by weight ratio of 3% with Mooney viscosity of 60, i.e. the functional material is by weight ratio of 12% including optoelectronic material, piezoelectric material, thermoelectric material, catalyst material and EPDM), and using natural plant essential oils by weight ratio of 110% (the following corresponding test example of the present invention is preparing natural plant essential oils by weight ratio of 8%).

[0029] As shown in FIG. 3, the basic characteristics of the method for producing the environment-controlling fiber to achieve the above-mentioned sixth object of the present invention are mainly using polyolefin by weight of 5592% as a base material (the following corresponding example of the present invention is preparing polypropylene having a melt flow rate of 5 g/10 min and by weight ratio of 70%), using functional material by weight ratio of 525% including optoelectronic material by weight ratio of 15%, piezoelectric material by weight ratio of 15%, thermoelectric material by weight ratio of 15%, catalyst material by weight ratio of 15% and rubber elastic material by weight ratio of 15% (in one embodiment of the present invention, the optoelectronic material is by weight ratio of 2% with particle size distribution of 0.3 m, the piezoelectric material is by weight ratio of 2% with particle size distribution of 1 m, the thermoelectric material is by weight ratio of 2% with particle size distribution of 1 m, the catalyst material by weight ratio of 3% with particle size distribution of 0.3 m, and the rubber elastic material (EPDM) by weight ratio of 3% with Mooney viscosity of 60, i.e. the functional material is by weight ratio of 12% including optoelectronic material, piezoelectric material, thermoelectric material, catalyst material and EPDM), using natural plant essential oils by weight ratio of 15% (the following corresponding test example of the present invention is preparing natural plant essential oils by weight ratio of 3%), using fireproof material by weight ratio of 110% with particle size distribution of 10 nm0.1 m (the following examples of the present invention are illustrated by using fireproof material by weight of 10%), and using the conductive antistatic material by weight ratio of 15% with particle size distribution of 10 nm0.1 m (the following examples of the present invention are illustrated by using the conductive antistatic material by weight ratio of 5%).

[0030] In the first embodiment (Example 1) of the present invention, using polypropylene by weight ratio of 80% (melt flow rate is 5 g/10 min), powder (particle size: 0.3 m) of optoelectronic material (Sr.sub.4Al.sub.14O.sub.25: Eu.sup.2+, Dy.sup.3+) by weight ratio of 10%, powder (particle size 1 m) of piezoelectric material (barium titanate ceramic) by weight ratio of 2%, powder (particle size: 1 m) of thermoelectric material (containing Al.sub.2O.sub.3 by weight ratio of 35.92%, MgO by weight ratio of 33.86%, Fe.sub.2O by weight ratio of 16.10%, TiO.sub.2 by weight ratio of 12.26% and SiO.sub.2 by weight ratio of 2.86%) by weight ratio of 2%, powder (particle size: 0.3 m) of catalyst material (containing gold by weight ratio of 30%/titanium oxide by weight ratio of 30%/zinc oxide by weight ratio of 40%) by weight ratio of 3% and EPDM (Mooney viscosity of 60) by weight ratio of 3%. The above-mentioned materials were kneaded by twin-screw with cooling air and granulated by granulation temperature of 180/200/210/220/230/240 degrees Celsius increasing gradually to produce a plurality of granular processing materials (with average particle size of about 5 mm), then the granular processing materials were mixed to be melt processing materials by a single screw at a mixing temperature of 200/210/220/230/240/250 by gradually increasing mode, and then the melt processing materials were made to be fibers by spinning, cooling at 25 degrees Celsius, hot-stretched at 100 degrees Celsius, and winding at 120 rpm. The results of the present invention are as followings.

[0031] The tensile strength and tear strength test results of example 1 are shown in Table 1. The tensile strength is gradually decreased accompanying with the increase of the content quantity of the optoelectronic material, the piezoelectric material, the thermoelectric material, the catalyst material and the EPDM, but remains in the required tensile strength. The optoelectronic material, the piezoelectric material, the thermoelectric material, the catalyst material and the EPDM added in the example 1 of the present invention are preferably 2030% by weight ratio (the total weight ratio is 20% for the example in Table 1). Light storage effect (Sr.sub.4Al.sub.14O.sub.25: Eu.sup.2+, Dy.sup.3+ for emitting blue and green light with wavelength of 488 nm) has an effectiveness lasting for 956 minutes. The effectiveness of uptake for chlorophyll and carotenoids is the highest at the wavelength of 400520 nm, and the photosynthesis is the most affected. The light with 610720 nm wavelength promotes photosynthesis and growth rate of plant (Such as CaAl.sub.12O.sub.19: Mn.sup.4+ for emitting red light with wavelength of 656 nm).

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Danni tear strength Mesh number (d) tensile (longitude/latitude) 50*50 200 57.5/50.5 (kgf/cm.sup.2) 9.9/11.9 (kgf/cm.sup.2) Blue-Green light (488 nm)/Sample 20 g/after sunlight irradiation for 30 minutes Time (min) 0 10 30 60 120 956 (estimated brightness) Storage 1850 122 32 18 5.6 0.32 (mcd/m.sup.2) brightness

[0032] The results of the far-infrared ray emissivity test of Example 1 are shown in Table 2. In the far-infrared ray emissivity test, the average emissivity of the far-infrared ray with wavelength of 3-15 m at 50 degrees Celsius was 0.968. In the environment of 5 degrees Celsius, its average emissivity of far-infrared ray with wave length of 3-15 m was 0.918.

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Test Test item Temperature Result Test way far-infrared ray 3-15 m 50 C. 0.968 Infrared thermal average emissivity 5 C. 0.918 radiometer, heat and electric coupling

[0033] The results of the far-infrared experiment of Example 1 are described in Table 3. The far-infrared human physiological experiment of the fabricated woven fabric of the present invention was carried out and the temperature was raised to 2.9 degrees Celsius after 30 minutes on a health care fabric.

TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Test item Result C. Blood flow Before usage 34.8 * Human Physiology Experiment of back of After sleeping on the 45.7 (1)Ambient temperature: room temperature. body sample for 30 mins (2)Subject: Male, 30 years old, 1 person, Difference amount (%) 31.3 (3)Test time: Temperature Before usage 28.6 Adaptation period: 20 minutes (before using sample) of back of After sleeping on the 31.5 Test period: 30 minutes (after using sample) body test sample for 30 mins (4)Subjects posture: by infrared Difference amount (%) 10.1% Same postures at adaptation and test periods. thermal (5) Measuring point: the center of the back image * Measuring instrument (1) Laser flow imaging instrument: Moor Doppler Imager(LDI-V5.0) (2) Infrared digital thermal imager: Thermal Infrared-Ray digital camera

[0034] The results of the negative ion experiments of Example 1 are shown in Table 4. The test was carried out with the woven fabric of the present invention, and 2858 anions (number/cc) in the air were increased under dynamic friction.

TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 result Test item Blank value Sample Test way negative ion 400 3258 ITC-201 A-temperature: 20 C.; (number/cc) humidity: 65% RH; Friction way: rotation speed: 400 rpm/min

[0035] The results of the washing fastness test of Example 1 are shown in Table 5. The washing fastness test showed good fastness before and after the test, and the amount of negative ions was not reduced by washing.

TABLE-US-00005 TABLE 5 Test item Sample Result Test way After washed 1 2896 (Ions/cc) Sample size = 10 * 10 CM (1 Sheet) 20 times: 2 2988 (Ions/cc) Wind speed: 5.15CMM(182CFM): 1CMM(M.sup.3/min) = 35.3CFM Dynamic- 3 2796 (Ions/cc) Negative ion release number analyzer (INTL: ITC-201A) Average 4 3258 (Ions/cc) Test object: relative negative ion content negative ion 5 2968 (Ions/cc) Test way for ion number: ion dynamic conversion method concentration 6 3568 (Ions/cc) Time of determination of detection: 0.25 sec/1 cycle Test conditions: Temperature 25 C. Humidity 72% RH Water washing method: AATCC61-A2, washed 20 times

[0036] The results of the test for the removal of contaminants by the fabric of Example 1 are shown in Table 6, Table 7 and Table 8. Test way: test at the both sides of the fabric which are the inlet and outlet respectively in an air channel, the size of the frame of the sample fabric is 24*24*2, the area of the sample fabric is 1M.sup.2 (4 fabric sheets stacked and the area of each sheet is 1 M.sup.2), Wind speed is 1 M/S, temperature is 26 degrees Celsius. and humidity is 62% RH.

[0037] The total volatile organic Compound (TVOCS) removal test results in Example 1 are shown in Table 6.

TABLE-US-00006 TABLE 6 TVOCS Hexamethyl n-Hexane Benzene Toluene cyclotrisiloxane Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane Conc. ug/m.sup.3 ug/m.sup.3 ug/m.sup.3 ug/m.sup.3 ug/m.sup.3 CAS NO. Test No. 000110-54-3 000071-43-2 000108-88-3 000541-05-9 000556-67-2 1 Inlet 15.6 17.7 183.0 20.2 15.1 Outlet 0 0 34.6 0 0 Eff. (%) 100% 100% 81% 100% 100% 2 Inlet 13.5 19.7 175.0 21.2 18.5 Outlet 0 0 22.4 0 0 Eff. (%) 100% 100% 87% 100% 100% 3 Inlet 32.9 26.9 179.0 27.7 29.7 Outlet 0 0 23.1 0 0 Eff. (%) 100% 100% 87% 100% 100%

[0038] The results of the indoor air quality (contaminant removal test) of Example 1 are shown in Table 7. The test equipment is referred to Table 7-1.

TABLE-US-00007 TABLE 7 Contaminant removal test 1 CO.sub.2 CO O.sub.3 TVOC HCHO RH Unit Test No. ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm % 1 Inlet 558 0.8 0.09 0.658 0.025 65 Outlet 482 0.3 0.02 0.288 0.015 64 Eff. (%) 13.6% 62.5% 77.8% 56.2% 40.0% 1.5% 2 Inlet 649 0.8 0.09 0.636 0.028 62 Outlet 565 0.2 0.03 0.288 0.015 64 Eff. (%) 12.9% 75.0% 66.7% 54.7% 46.4% 3.2% 3 Inlet 576 0.8 0.09 0.668 0.032 64 Outlet 314 0.2 0.02 0.276 0.015 65 Eff. (%) 10.8% 75.0% 77.8% 58.7% 53.1% 1.6% Contaminant removal test 2 Test No. Temp PM.sub.10 PM.sub.2.5 Bacteria Fungi 1 Inlet 26.5 97 38 1617 153 Outlet 26.4 73 15 33 17 Eff. (%) 0.4% 24.7% 60.5% 98.0% 88.9% 2 Inlet 27.4 93 42 1708 185 Outlet 27.3 66 16 83 25 Eff. (%) 0.4% 29.0% 61.9% 95.1% 86.5% 3 Inlet 27.4 59 66 1008 127 Outlet 27.2 43 20 17 8 Eff. (%) 0.7% 27.1% 69.7% 98.3% 93.7% Item Analyzer Model Resolution Range CO.sub.2 PPMonitor SAS 1 ppm 0~5000 ppm CO PPMonitor SAS 0.1 ppm 0~100 ppm O.sub.3 PPMonitor SAS 0.01 ppm 0~1 ppm TVOC ppb RAE + PGM-7240 10% of reading 0~9999 ppb or 20 ppb HCHO PPMonitor SAS 0.001 ppm 0~10 ppm RH PPMonitor SAS 0.01% 0-100% Temp PPMonitor SAS 0.01 C. 40 C. to 128 C. PM.sub.10 TSI 8520 DustTrak 0.1% of reading 0.001~100 mg/m.sup.3 or 0.001 mg/m.sup.3 PM.sub.2.5 TSI 8520 DustTrak 0.1% of reading 0.001~100 mg/m.sup.3 or 0.001 mg/m.sup.3 Bacteria BURKARD N/A N/A Fungi BURKARD N/A N/A

[0039] Table 8 shows the results of the test for the positive and negative ion contaminant removal efficiency in air for the Example 1.

TABLE-US-00008 TABLE 8 Cation & Anion F.sup. Cl.sup. NO.sub.3.sup. PO.sub.4.sup.3 SO.sub.4.sup.2 NH.sub.4.sup.+ Unit Test No. ppbv ppbv ppbv ppbv ppbv ppbv 1 Inlet 0.135 0.212 0.39 <0.012 0.349 6.84 Outlet <0.012 0.067 0.043 <0.012 0.132 5.47 Eff. (%) 100.0% 68.4% 89.0% N/A 62.2% 20.0% 2 Inlet 0.135 0.15 0.112 <0.012 0.287 6.71 Outlet <0.012 0.054 0.011 <0.012 0.112 5.32 Eff. (%) 100.0% 64.0% 90.2% N/A 61.0% 20.7% 3 Inlet 0.135 0.221 0.84 <0.012 0.271 6.23 Outlet <0.012 0.081 0.058 <0.012 0.063 5.11 Eff. (%) 100.0% 63.3% 93.1% N/A 76.8% 18.0%

[0040] Table 9 shows the Antibacterial test results of Example 1 which has the Antibacterial rate of 99.9% (R %).

TABLE-US-00009 TABLE 9 Test way: ASTM E2149-01 Number of Number of Bacteria Bacteria after 0 hour after 1 hour Antibacterial rate Bacteria (CFU/ml) (CFU/ml) (%) Klebsiella pneumoniae 3.2 10.sup.5 <5.0 99.9 Veterans 2.8 10.sup.5 <5.0 99.9 Escherichia coli 3.5 10.sup.5 <5.00 99.9 Staphylococcus aureus 5.6 10.sup.5 <5.0 99.9 Resistant Staphylococcus 7.1 10.sup.5 <5.0 99.9 aureus (MRSA) Pseudomonas aeruginosa 5.2 10.sup.5 <5.0 99.9 Bacillus subtilis 3.6 10.sup.5 <5.0 99.9

[0041] Table 10 shows the mildew test results.

TABLE-US-00010 TABLE 10 Test item Status and degree and way for of growth Way of judge mildew of bacteria on the sample Degree: status JIS Z2911 Degree Growth status of Sample of growth Aspergillus niger 0 No growth 0: No growth Bulb shell 0 No growth 1 Growth not Cercospora 0 No growth over area Penicillium 0 No growth 2 Growth over White ringworm 0 No growth area

[0042] In the second embodiment (Example 2) of the present invention, using polypropylene by weight ratio of 80% (melt flow rate is 5 g/10 min), powder (particle size: 0.3 m) of optoelectronic material (Sr.sub.4Al.sub.14O.sub.25: Eu.sup.2+, Dy.sup.3+) by weight ratio of 2%, powder (particle size 1 m) of piezoelectric material (barium titanate ceramic) by weight ratio of 2%, powder (particle size: 1 m) of thermoelectric material (containing Al.sub.2O.sub.3 by weight ratio of 35.92%, MgO by weight ratio of 33.86%, Fe.sub.2O by weight ratio of 16.10%, TiO.sub.2 by weight ratio of 12.26% and SiO.sub.2 by weight ratio of 2.86%) by weight ratio of 2%, powder (particle size: 0.3 m) of catalyst material (containing gold by weight ratio of 30%/titanium oxide by weight ratio of 30%/zinc oxide by weight ratio of 40%) by weight ratio of 3%, EPDM (Mooney viscosity of 60) by weight ratio of 3%, and plant essential oil material (containing Eucalyptus oil by weight ratio of 20%, lemon oil by weight ratio of 30% and tea tree oil by weight ratio of 50%) by weight ratio of 8%. The above-mentioned materials were kneaded by twin-screw with cooling air and granulated by granulation temperature of 180/200/210/220/230/240 degrees Celsius increasing gradually to produce a plurality of granular processing materials (with average particle size of about 5 mm), then the granular processing materials were mixed to be melt processing materials by a single screw at a mixing temperature of 200/210/220/230/240/250 by gradually increasing mode, and then the melt processing materials were made to be fibers by spinning, cooling at 25 degrees Celsius, hot-stretched at 100 degrees Celsius, and winding at 120 rpm.

[0043] Table 11 shows the physical properties of the fabric of Example 2.

TABLE-US-00011 TABLE 11 Mesh Danni number (d) Area of Sample Weight of sample 50*50 200 1 m.sup.2 98 g

[0044] Table 12 shows the test results of avoidance rate for the dust mite for Example 2 which having the avoidance rate of 90.3%.

TABLE-US-00012 TABLE 12 Result Test item Control group Control group Test way European 1 2015 236 JIS L1920: dust mites 2 1897 185 2007 3 1998 175 Avoidance test 4 1975 182 Invasion 5 1895 166 prevent way Average 1956 189 Avoidance 90.3% rate (%)

[0045] Table 13 shows the test results of the measurement of the essential oil component by gas chromatography mass spectrometer (GC/MS) for Example 2. The sample was positioned in 1 cubic meters of closed box and processed with test operation for 1 hour. Then we obtained the result of the essential oil component shown in Table 13. The test method is by the gas chromatography mass spectrometer (GC/MS).

TABLE-US-00013 TABLE 13 Test NO. Compounds CAS NO. Test result limit Unit 1 -terpipnen 000099-86-5 21.30 1 mg/kg 2 terpinen-4-ol 0000562- 212.58 1 mg/kg 74-3 3 -Pinene 000080-56-8 46.25 1 mg/kg 4 1,2,4- 000095-63-6 1.20 1 mg/kg Trimethylbenzene 5 -Terpinen 000099-85-4 386.75 1 mg/kg 6 Ethylbenzene 000100-41-4 2.05 1 mg/kg 7 terpinolene 000586-62-9 9.88 1 mg/kg 8 n-Decane 000124-18-5 3.56 1 mg/kg 9 -Pinene 000127-91-3 12.50 1 mg/kg 10 Limonene 000138-86-3 288.16 1 mg/kg 11 -Cedrene 000469-61-4 18.90 1 mg/kg 12 Thujopsene 000470-40-6 12.39 1 mg/kg 13 1,8-Cineole 000470-82-6 298 1 mg/kg 14 n-Undecane 001120-21-4 2.68 1 mg/kg 15 4-methyl-Decane 002847-72-5 2.01 1 mg/kg 16 -Thujene 002867-05-2 1.01 1 mg/kg 17 -Muurolene 030021-74-0 5.67 1 mg/kg 18 Benzene, 1-methyl-4- 000535-77-3 25.56 1 mg/kg

[0046] Table 14 shows the results of the analysis of pollutant removal in air for Example 2. The sample with area of 1 m.sup.2 was positioned in 1 m.sup.3 closed space under 6.5 CMM air volume for the test of removal number of contaminant per minute.

TABLE-US-00014 TABLE 14 Item (in the air) Sample Air volume Removal number/min Unit Test way Total carbon monoxide concentration 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 68 ppm JEM1467 Total carbon dioxide concentration 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 50 ppm JEM1467 Total ozone concentration 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 0.4 ppm JEM1467 Total acetic acid concentration 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 125 ng JEM1467 Total formaldehyde concentration 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 350 ng JEM1467 Total acetaldehyde concentration 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 250 ng JEM1467 Total ammonia concentration 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 15.6 ng JEM1467 Total volatile organic compounds 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 450 ng JEM1467 Total suspended particulates (10 m) 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 1.35 mg/m3 JEM1467 Total suspended particulates (2.5 m) 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 1.98 mg/m3 JEM1467 Total bacterial concentration 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 16 CFU/m3 JEM1467 Total fungal concentration 1 m.sup.2 6.5CMM 18 CFU/m3 JEM1467

[0047] In the third embodiment (Example 3) of the present invention, using polypropylene by weight ratio of 80% (melt flow rate is 5 g/10 min), powder (particle size: 0.3 m) of optoelectronic material (Sr.sub.4Al.sub.14O.sub.25: Eu.sup.2+, Dy.sup.3+) by weight ratio of 2%, powder (particle size 1 m) of piezoelectric material (barium titanate ceramic) by weight ratio of 2%, powder (particle size: 1 m) of thermoelectric material (containing Al.sub.2O.sub.3 by weight ratio of 35.92%, MgO by weight ratio of 33.86%, Fe.sub.2O by weight ratio of 16.10%, TiO.sub.2 by weight ratio of 12.26% and SiO.sub.2 by weight ratio of 2.86%) by weight ratio of 2%, powder (particle size: 0.3 m) of catalyst material (containing gold by weight ratio of 30%/titanium oxide by weight ratio of 30%/zinc oxide by weight ratio of 40%) by weight ratio of 3%, EPDM (Mooney viscosity of 60) by weight ratio of 3%, plant essential oil material (containing Eucalyptus oil by weight ratio of 20%, lemon oil by weight ratio of 30% and tea tree oil by weight ratio of 50%) by weight ratio of 3%, fireproof materials with particle size about 0.5 m (containing magnesium hydroxide by weight ratio of 90% and Antimony trioxide by weight ratio of 10%) by weight ratio of 10%, and conductive antistatic materials with average particle diameter about 0.2 m (conductive carbon black) by weight ratio of 5%. The above-mentioned materials were kneaded by twin-screw with cooling air and granulated by granulation temperature of 180/200/210/220/230/240 degrees Celsius increasing gradually to produce a plurality of granular processing materials (with average particle size of about 5 mm), then the granular processing materials were mixed to be melt processing materials by a single screw at a mixing temperature of 200/210/220/230/240/250 by gradually increasing mode, and then the melt processing materials were made to be fibers by spinning, cooling at 25 degrees Celsius, hot-stretched at 100 degrees Celsius, and winding at 120 rpm.

[0048] Table 15 shows the test results of toxic gas content for Example 3 which meet the requirements. The Toxic Gas value of this report refers to the toxic gas content produced by the combustion test for 4 minutes. ABD0031 (2005) ISSUE compliances F requirements which is tested by Detection tube and measured to have the result with HF<100, HCl<150, HCN<150, SO.sub.2<100, XO.sub.2<100 and CO<1000.

TABLE-US-00015 TABLE 15 Sample Sample Size (mm) Toxic gas (ppm) item (L * W * T) HCl HF SO.sub.2 XO.sub.2 HCN CO Sample-1 75.0 * 74.0 * 2.80 1 0 0 2 1 300 Sample-2 75.0 * 75.0 * 2.51 1 0 0 1 1 200 Sample-3 73.0 * 75.0 * 2.48 0.5 0 0 2 2 250 Average 0.8 0 0 1.7 1.3 250.0

[0049] Table 16 shows the results of Horizontal Combustion Test for Example 3 which compliance with the requirement (referring to. FAR 25.853 (b), (Amdt. 25-116, 2004) & Appendix F Par I (a) (1) (ii)). Flame time is less than or equal to 15 Sees, Drip flame time is less than or equal to 5 Secs; Burn length is less than or equal to 8 inches (203.2 mm).

TABLE-US-00016 TABLE 16 Combustion status Sample Sample Size Flame time Average Drip flame Average Burn length Average item (mm) (L * W * D) (sec) (sec) time (sec) (sec) in (mm) in (mm) Sample-1 305.0 * 76.0 * 3.28 0 0 0 0 5 (127.0) 4 (114.3) Sample-2 305.0 * 76.0 * 3.44 0 0 4 (114.3) Sample-3 305.0 * 76.0 * 3.15 0 0 4 (101.6)

[0050] Table 17 shows the results of the vertical combustion test for Example 3 which meet the requirements (referring to Appendix F Amdt.25-111 of FAR 25.853, Te(10)=te(11.5)te(1.5)).

TABLE-US-00017 TABLE 17 Flame status d (f) Burn speed Average Sample Sample Size te (1.5) te (11.5) te (10) te (f) (in) (in/min) in (mm) Item (mm) (L * W * D) (sec) (sec) (sec) (sec) (mm) (mm/min) (mm/min) Sample1 305.0 * 76.0 * 3.77 0 0 0 0 1/42 0 0 Sample2 305.0 * 76.0 * 3.02 0 0 1/4 0 Sample3 305.0 * 76.0 * 2.56 0 0 1/4 0

[0051] Table 18 shows the test results Smoke concentration for Example 3 which show Compliance. D.sub.m is the maximum value of the measured smoke concentration for the sample within 4 minutes test. ABD0031 (2005) issues F regulatory requirements that the maximum smoke concentration within 4 minutes of test time in flame or flawless test conditions should not exceed the gauge values listed in Table 19.

TABLE-US-00018 TABLE 18 Test result Sample Size Test value Average Time of Sample item (mm) (L*W*D) (D.sub.m) (D.sub.m) Maximum D.sub.m Sample-1 74.0*75.0*2.29 22 19 400 Sample-1 73.0*73.0*2.96 17 400 Sample-1 75.0*73.0*2.99 18 358

TABLE-US-00019 TABLE 19 Test components D.sub.m Airducting 100

[0052] Table 20 shows the result of antistatic test for Example 3 which shows R=5.810.sup.5.

TABLE-US-00020 TABLE 20 Test item Result Test way and condition Antistatic test-Surface R = 5.8 10.sup.5 /cm EN 1149-2: 1996 Resistivity

[0053] The embodiments as described above are only possible embodiments of the present invention, which are not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and where equivalents are made will meet the contents, features and spirit of the invention as set forth in the following claims. The present invention is specifically defined in the structural features of the claims, which is not found in the prior arts, and has practicality and progress to be allowable for patent.

NUMBERED ELEMENTS

[0054] fiber 10; ridge 11; curved depression 12; fabric 20; optoelectronic material 30; piezoelectric material 31; thermoelectric material 32; catalyst material 33.