The potential for regenerated protein fibres within a circular economy: Lessons from the past can inform sustainable innovation in the textiles industry

M Stenton, JA Houghton, V Kapsali, RS Blackburn - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Humanity is currently facing a crisis of excess, with a growing population and the trend
towards disposable goods, and the world's resources are under tremendous pressure. This …

Cellulose solvents–remarkable history, bright future

T Liebert - Cellulose solvents: for analysis, shaping and chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The paper summarizes different approaches for the dissolution of cellulose and the use of
these cellulose solutions for analysis, regeneration, and homogeneous modification of the …

Attenuated total reflectance Fourier-transform Infrared spectroscopy analysis of crystallinity changes in lyocell following continuous treatment with sodium hydroxide

J Široký, RS Blackburn, T Bechtold, J Taylor, P White - Cellulose, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Cellulose is a linear 1, 4-β-glucan polymer where the units are able to form highly
ordered structures, as a result of extensive interaction through intra-and intermolecular …

Towards regenerated cellulose fibers with high toughness

K Moriam, D Sawada, K Nieminen, M Hummel, Y Ma… - Cellulose, 2021 - Springer
The production of sustainable and high-performance fabrics requires high mechanical
strength of the individual (staple) fibers. Although Ioncell fibers already exhibit higher fiber …

Polymorphic transformation of cellulose I to cellulose II by alkali pretreatment and urea as an additive

PK Gupta, V Uniyal, S Naithani - Carbohydrate polymers, 2013 - Elsevier
The effect on crystalline structure transformation from cellulose I to cellulose II polymorph
was studied of the cotton linter treated with NaOH with and without urea as an additive …

Efficient anti-fibrillation of lyocell fabric by low-formaldehyde resin

B Feng, Y Ren, L Shi, Z Xue, X Li, Z Xiao… - Industrial Crops and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lyocell fiber is a green kind of renewable cellulose fiber derived from plants and has many
excellent properties. However, in the process of production and application of lyocell fiber …

Sustainable cross-linking of man-made cellulosic fibers with poly (carboxylic acids) for fibrillation control

Y Ma, X You, M Rissanen… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lyocell-type fibers often exhibit a high tendency to fibrillate under wet abrasion conditions,
and fibrillation must be diminished for a better quality of the textile product. In this study, we …

Controlled morphology and mechanical characterisation of electrospun cellulose acetate fibre webs

B Ghorani, SJ Russell… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose was to interpret the varying morphology of electrospun cellulose acetate (CA)
fibres produced from single and binary solvent systems based on solubility parameters to …

[PDF][PDF] Controlled enzymolysis preparation of nanocrystalline cellulose from pretreated cotton fibers

X Chen, X Deng, W Shen, L Jiang - BioResources, 2012 - bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu
Natural cotton fibers were pretreated with DMSO, NaOH, or ultrasonic waves and hydrolyzed
by cellulase (Trichoderma vride G) to prepare nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC). The as …

[HTML][HTML] Exhaust reactive dyeing of lyocell fabric with ultrasonic energy

AA Babar, MH Peerzada, T Naveed, AQ Dayo - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Successful dyeing of lyocell, a biodegradable regenerated cellulose fiber, in fabric form is a
challenging job. This article reports the successful reactive dyeing of lyocell fabrics with …