New Fibers / Tatsuya Hongu, Glyn O. Phillips, authors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hongū, Tatsuya, 1929-

Contributor:

Phillips, Glyn O.

Series:

Woodhead publishing in textiles.

Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile fibers, Synthetic.

Polymers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Woodhead Publishing, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first edition of New Fibers was enthusiastically received by a worldwide audience and this second edition has provided an opportunity to revise and update its contents and examine new developments since 1990.There have been considerable changes in the nature of the fibers being produced, the production methods and in consumers' values and expectations. Since 1990, the march of high-tech fibers has continued, with an ever increasing sub-division to meet specialised applications, as in high performance, high-function and high-sense fibers.New research and development has produced

Contents:

Front Cover; New Fibers; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Chapter 1. Birth of the new fibers; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Transition to new fibers; Chapter 2. The super-fiber with new performance; 2.1 Two streams of super-fiber; 2.3 From ""shish kebab"" to ""gel-spinning""; 2.4 The aramid fiber race an Europe, the USA and Japan; 2.6 Strong Vinylon RM; 2.7 New liquid crystalline polymers: engineering plastics; 2.8 Vectran: a fully aromatic polyester fiber; 2.9 Developing polyallylate fiber; 2.10 The ACM industry in the USA

2.11 High-technology boats of carbon fiber2.12 Final stage of pitch-based carbon fiber development; 2.13 The future of super-fibers; Chapter 3. High-touch fibers; 3.1 A silk-like fiber that surpasses natural silk; 3.2 The challenge of ultra-fine fibers; 3.3 The skin-like fabric Exceltech; 3-4 Chameleonic fabrics; 3.5 Photochroism-controlled clothing material; 3.6 Sleeping comfortably with sweet scents; 3.7 Perfumed fibers; 3.8 Power fibers that store solar energy; 3.9 Iridescent textiles; 3-10 Protein plastics with the feel of human skin; Chapter 4. Biomimetic chemistry and fibers

4.1 Applications of morphology/structure4.2 Hybridisation technology; Chapter 5. Biopolymer frontiers; 5.1 Mimicking the functions of enzymes and co-enzymes; 5.2 Polysaccharides in semiconductors and medicine; 5.3 Biomass of crab and shrimp shells; 5.4 New applications of silk; 5.5 Fibers produced by bacteria; 5.6 New functions for cellulose; 5.7 Utilisation of protein functionality; Chapter 6. Progression of high-techfibers; 6.1 Utilisation of unused resources; 6.2 Biotechnology and fibers; 6.3 Electronics and fibers; 6.4 Cars and fibers; 6.5 Fibers in space; 6.6 Fibers and nuclear power

6.7 Fibers in sport6.8 Fibers for geotextiles; 6-9 Fibers in the ocean; Chapter 7. New high-tech fibers and Shin-gosen; 7.1 Various categories of high-tech fibers; 7.2 Development of Shin-gosen; 7.3 Design of specialist fibers; 7.4 Fabrics for relaxation using 1/f fluctuations; 7.5 Some new arrivals; Chapter 8. Cellulosic fibers; 8.1 New solvent systems; 8.2 New cellulosic fiber derivatives; 8.3 New environmental and cost saving developments; 8.4 Life-cycle assessment; 8.5 Cellulose: the renewable resource; Chapter 9. Fibers for the next millennium; 9-1 High-tenacity and high-modulus fibers

9.2 Microdenier (ultra-fine) fibers and biomimetics9.3 The next stage: technological improvements; 9.4 The next century: respect for people's quality of life and harmony with nature; 9.5 New frontier fibers (super-function fibermaterials, etc.); 9.6 Super-biomimetic fiber materials; 9.7 Super-natural materials; 9.8 Resources recycling; 9.9 Fibers for health; 9.10 Conclusion; Further reading; Author index; Trade name index; Company index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 5, 2014).

ISBN:

1-280-37276-1

9786610372768

1-59124-643-1

1-85573-757-4