New kinds of effects

Demanding and sophisticated customers as well as fashion designers are looking for new effects. Some of them have been discussed in the chapter on novel finishes, for example anti-odour and protective finishes, wellness finishes that release fragrances or cosmetics and medical finishes that deliver drugs. Additionally, cellulase finishing, especially on microviscose or lyocell fibres, enables novel 

Cost reduction and higher efficiency Boosters and dendrimers for fluorocarbon finishes (FC) 

New types of effects Bio-polishing and anti-pilling with cellulases, odour and anti-odour, wellness to wear or medical finishes 

Fewer undesired side effects Less strength loss by moisture controlled fixation of easy-care finishes 

Fligher permanence in laundering and chemical cleaning Crosslinking of silicones, new catalysts for the fixation of flame retardants 

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At the atomic level, we have new kinds of forces and new kinds of possibilities, new kinds of effects. The problems of manufacture and reproduction of materials will be quite different. I am, as I said, inspired by the biological phenomena in which chemical forces are used in repetitious fashion to produce all kinds of weird effects (one of which is the author). 

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