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Next-generation textiles could use light to self clean

29/03/2016
A team from RMIT University in Australia are working on a way to grow nanostructures on textiles that degrade organic matter when exposed to light on textiles, paving the way to self-cleaning fabrics.

Lead researcher Dr Rajesh Ramanathan said: “The advantage of textiles is they already have a 3D structure so they are great at absorbing light, which in turn speeds up the process of degrading organic matter.

“There’s more work to do to before we can start throwing out our washing machines, but this advance lays a strong foundation for the future development of fully self-cleaning textiles.”

Carlo Centonze, the CEO of Swiss textile technology specialist HeiQ, has told WSA that one of the company's next projects is based on photocatalysis (see Odour Control in WSA March /April 2016, available in the ezine or for £1 from the Technical Library).

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