Advances in Healthcare and Protective Textiles
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Advances in Healthcare and Protective Textiles

  1. 548 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Advances in Healthcare and Protective Textiles

About this book

Advances in Healthcare and Protective Textiles addresses technologies that have had a major impact in industry for decades, but which are currently attracting unprecedented attention due to their applications in the fight against the Coronavirus epidemic. Recent advances in textile technology have opened new possibilities for textile researchers and scientists in antiviral textiles, flame-retardant textiles, antimicrobial textiles, insect repellent textiles, breathable medical textiles, aroma-protective textiles, high tech-textiles, smart textiles, nano textiles, and more. This book provides systematic and comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge research and developments on material design, methodologies, characterizations, processes, properties and applications of medical healthcare and protective textiles. In addition, sections pay special attention to advanced fabrication methodologies and materials used in apparel engineering. - Provides a thorough review of recent advances in personal protective equipment (PPE) design and manufacture in response to the requirements of the fight against Coronavirus - Gives advice on improving sustainability through the use of reusable and recyclable medical textiles - Explores innovative materials like biopolymers and their applications in medical textiles

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Information

Publisher
Woodhead Publishing
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9780323911887
eBook ISBN
9780323998345
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Materials Science
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Title of Book
  2. Cover image
  3. Title page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Copyright
  6. List of contributors
  7. Preface
  8. 1 Textile structures for medical applications
  9. 2 Biomedical applications of healthcare textiles
  10. 3 Antimicrobial textiles for the healthcare system
  11. 4 Hemodialysis by hollow fiber membranes
  12. 5 Recent advances in natural polymer based hydrogels for wound healing applications
  13. 6 Recent advances in nanobiotechnology for medical textiles
  14. 7 Protective textiles: an overview
  15. 8 Fire protective textiles
  16. 9 Materials, design, and technology of body armor
  17. 10 Extreme cold protective textiles
  18. 11 Stab, spike and knife resistant textiles
  19. 12 Joule heating fabrics
  20. 13 Ultraviolet protection finishing agents in textile functionalization
  21. 14 Washing and release of titanium nanoparticles from UV protective textiles
  22. 15 Materials, design and technology of face masks
  23. 16 Shear thickening fluid in spall-liner applications
  24. 17 Advances in encapsulation of organic compounds for biological protective textiles
  25. Index

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