Communicative textiles

Everyday outfits are already a vector of social identification and appropriation. Communicative textiles could bring a new dimension to this. In general, in order to identify an unknown interlocutor, one refers to indications given by their look, clothes. 

Several technologies able to be used for the development of communicative textile devices have been presented. Some of them are already used for the development of textile displays. Their emission of reflective characteristics allow their use for different types of applications. Emissive devices such as luminescent stmctures or optical fibres are preferred for high-visibility outfits for personal safety, for art and fashion design or for advertising events. Reflective devices offer a softer, more discreet colour change, which could preferentially be used for everyday applications such as communicative clothes, home furnishings or fashion. 

Microelectronic circuits for communications. Controlled permeability films for drug delivery systems. Protein-specific sensors for the monitoring of biochemical processes. Catalysts for the production of fuels and chemicals. Optical coatings for window glass. Electrodes for batteries and fuel cells. Corrosion-resistant coatings for the protection of metals and ceramics. Surface active agents, or surfactants, for use in tertiary oil recovery and the production of polymers, paper, textiles, agricultural chemicals, and cement. 

SSCP The reactor inoculated with a microbial consortia obtained from a textile wastewater treatment plant Color removal and changes in bacterial community profile [168]... 

Dr. Mark is acknowledged throughout the scientific community as the father of polymer science. He received the National Medal of Science in 1980, the 1978 Senior U.S. Scientist Award, 29 other medals and awards from various international organizations, and 17 honorary degrees. In 1977, he was appointed as an Honorable Member of the Japan Chemical Society. He has published over 500 original and review articles and some 20 books on topics related to polymer chemistry. Dr. Mark is founder and first editor of the Journal of Polymer Science, the definitive publication in its field, and is currently editor of the Journal of Applied Science and associate editor of the Textile Research Journal. In addition to these duties he serves as Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology. 

Innovation drivers The auxiliary producers implemented the system of classification to facilitate the communication between textile finishers and water authorities and to avoid additional regulatory requirements for textile finishing. Furthermore they created a system, which enables them to characterise environmental properties of a product without the necessity to disclose their recipes. 

For a long time the toxicity of released wastewater was mainly determined by the detection of biological effects from pollution, high bulks of foam, or intensively colored rivers near textile plants. Times have changed and the identification and classification of wastewater currently are fixed by communal regulations [1,2]. 

In any case the wastewater will finally be fed into rivers, lakes, or the sea thus some wastewater treatments have to be performed before the textile effluents are released either to the communal wastewater treatment plant (CWWT) or into the rivers, lakes, and so on. Normally physical and (bio-) chemical treatments (e.g., adjustment of pH, temperature, sedimentation, flocculation) are performed in the textile plant, while the following biological treatment (aerobic, anaerobic degradation) is performed either in the textile plant or in a CWWT. The site of the biological treatment is dependent on the location of the textile plant however, a biological treatment of textile effluents preceding release into surface water is state of the art. 

Church (9, 10) proposed that the decorations on the painted Seip textiles and their associations with the burials were meant to communicate social identities or roles. Song (77, 12) found that specific structures were correlated to specific fiber contents. However, the study of the colorants was not pursued. 

Within the suit, communication is currently realised by either optical fibres or conductive yarns. They both clearly have a textile nature and can be seamlessly built into the textile. Communication with the wearer is possible, for instance, by the following technologies ... 

A flexible textile screen of optical fibres. Nevertheless, these clothes are raised to a first generation of graphical communication means. 

High dyeing rates bear the danger of unlevel dyeings. Therefore, dyes have to be carefully selected when used together in one recipe. The dye producers readily communicate their knowledge on dyeing characteristics of their dyes and on the particular requirements for all textile fibers. 

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