Researches for organic processing

Dr Martin Jacobs, Executive Director of the US National Textile Center (NTC), discusses some of the eco-friendly processing research imder way at NTC. The NTC is a research consortium of eight US imiversities Auburn University, Clemson University, Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University and Philadelphia University 

Especially, N-methyhnorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) is acting as a good solvent for newly developed regenerated cellulose fibre, lyocell except solvent stability and recovery. 

Applications for the anti-microbial properties on fabrics are diverse. Coating treatment with anti-bacterial chemical is referred as the mainstream of the antibacterial finishing. Due to the relatively low durability of surface treatments, coating of the surfaces is not the most desirable treatment. Other anti-microbials are more toxic or less effective than the halamines under investigation in laboratories. 

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