Research Seeds

Invention of functional textile materials through novel textile processing techniques

【Supercategory:3. Textile Category:3.3 Functional processing Subcategory:3.3.1 Processing technology

The objective of research is to develop novel textile processing techniques and to invent functional textile materials through the techniques. (1) Waterless dyeing and metal compositing under a supercritical carbon dioxide medium. (2) Controlling properties, such as dyeability, wettability, and environmental responsibility through electron beam graft polymerization. (3) Dyeing with structural color from colloidal particles self-assembled on a fiber.

Questionnaire 2014/Shinshu University Faculty of Textile Science and Technology Fii
Researcher Kazumasa Hirogaki
University or institution University of Fukui

Keywords

Supercritical carbon dioxide, Electron beam, Structural color, Impregnation, Graft polymerization, Waterless dyeing, Intelligent function