The automotive and aerospace industries are in continuous struggle towards the
development of lightweight components to improve fuel efficiency. Thermoplastic matrix …

Textiles are one of the major sources of microplastic pollution to aquatic environments and
have also been reported in dry and wet atmospheric deposition. There is still a lack of …

Synthetic high-performance fibers present excellent mechanical properties and promising
applications in the impact protection field. However, fabricating fibers with high strength and …

The potential of nanoparticles as effective drug delivery systems combined with the
versatility of fibers has led to the development of new and improved strategies to help in the …

In this study, the reflectance-FT-IR (r-FT-IR) spectroscopy is demonstrated to be a suitable
option for non-invasive identification of textile fibers. A collection of known textile fibers, 61 …

At any moment, approximately half of the world's population is wearing blue jeans and other
denim garments. We examine the footprint of our modern blue jean society by investigating …

The possibility of classification of single-and two-component textile materials using ATR-FT-
IR spectra and chemometric methods, principal component analysis (PCA) and discriminant …

Microplastic pollution in different environments has increasingly been documented in detail
in recent times, but it is still poorly studied in caves and karst aquifers. To deepen the …

The widespread pollution from the release of microfibers is an emerging concern as they are
a potential threat to the environment. Their identification in samples in terms of quantity and …

In recent years, the interest in reusing recycled fibers as building materials has been
growing as a consequence of their ability to reduce the production of waste and the use of …