Sustainability Aspects in Smart/Functional Textiles
Journal Title: Journal of Textile Science & Fashion Technology (JTSFT) - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
The consumer and industrial textile fabrics have grown to a multi-billion dollars market now a day, particularly, smart and functional materials (that are used for their extended functional features like water repelling, UV shielding, antibacterial etc.) are the current trend of consumer and institutional textiles and clothing. These smart and functional textiles have several applications in almost every field of life namely fashion, protection, medical, sports, uniforms, sensors and last but not the least packaging. By 2022 total market demand for functional textiles or, more generally, technical textiles have been anticipated to 35.5 million tons at an annual growth rate of 3.7 %. However, use of excessive artificial petroleum-based polymers, fibers, toxic chemical finishes and extensive consumption of energy and water in textile industries pose remarkable threats to the environment. For example, use of toxic solvents like chloroform is dangerous and causes Phosgene (a toxic gas) in the environment. Similarly, use of fluoropolymers in several textile finishes such as water repellent textiles induces bio-accumulative derivatives in the environment.
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Muhammad Zahid
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- EP ID EP557380
- DOI 10.33552/JTSFT.2018.01.000503
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