Objective
The objective is to obtain knowledge-based textile materials with new functionalities and environmental responsiveness for advanced applications (e.g. medical, safety and care). This new material will change a number of specific properties in response to variation of environment (PH and temperature).
New functionalities will be implemented by appropriate surface modification (coating) of textile materials (cotton or/and polyester) with a thin layer of surface modifying system (SMS) based on biopolymer chitosan in its most adequate form (nano- or microparticles, emulsions, films and hydrogels). Chitosan can form environment-sensitive polymeric systems by various mechanisms of physical and chemical crosslinking with other polysaccharides or synthetic polymers.
Currently known chitosan based SMS forms possess low mechanical strength and slow response times. Incorporation of SMS on textile fibre surface would give excellent strength and greatly reduced response times due to high active surface areas of the fibres. In response to an external stimuli, environment-sensitive SMS could drive the release of an active substance (drugs, fragrance, etc.), and hence give a new functionality to the textile material.
The main challenges in achieving new textile material lay in finding the adequate form of effective surface modifying system (SMS) and increasing of surface adhesion of existing textile fibres in order to obtain durable coating. To improve the substrate's adhesive nature and enable subsequent coating with chitosan based SMS, the low temperature plasma (LTP) treatment will be used.
The innovative textiles are of special interest for EU where the textile industry is intensively searching for new ways to enable the transition from resource-based towards knowledge-base d production industry. The project will contribute the EU position in research in the emerging fields of functionalized coatings.
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- natural sciences chemical sciences polymer sciences
- engineering and technology materials engineering textiles
- engineering and technology materials engineering coating and films
- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules carbohydrates
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FP6-2005-MOBILITY-8
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Coordinator
ENSCHEDE
Netherlands
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