Multifunctional Textiles

Contents: Nanotechnology today plays a significant role in innovations at all levels of the textile chain. In addition to technical aspects, commercial insights and production and marketing solutions for new and upgraded textiles are also being discussed as commercialization increases: New functionalities promise success in durable, multifunctional textile systems. What does the contradiction imply between the fast cycles in the world of fashion textiles and the time it takes to roll out technical innovations? The session will present textile nanotechnology innovations for different applications in building construction, sports, or the protection of humans and objects. The program will feature representatives from leading textile companies and scientific institutes, who will be available for discussions with you after presenting illustrative examples.

Public: We extend a warm welcome to researchers, engineers, and managers from areas related to the textile industry and from academia who wish to gain an overview over new processes.

Conference chair: Manfred Heuberger, Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Switzerland

Tuesday, 16th September 2008

13.30 - 13.35 h	Greeting and Introduction Nano-Cluster Bodensee and Conference Chair
13.35 - 14.00 h	The Paradox of Fashion: the Contribution of Nanotechnology Sandy Black, London College of Fashion, UK
14.00 - 14.30 h	Wearable Biosensors for Integration into Textiles Stephanie Pasche, CSEM, Switzerland
14.30 - 15.00 h	Interactions of Microbial Biofilms with Metals Ulrich Szewzyk, Technical University Berlin, Germany
15.00 - 15.30 h	Coffee Break
15.30 - 16.00 h	Some Applications for Nanophase-separated Polyurethanes in Textiles Robert Lomax, Baxeden Chemicals, UK
16.00 - 16.30 h	Potential Application of Sol-Gel-Technique for the Functionalisation of Textiles Exemplarily Shown for Architectural Textiles Torsten Textor, Deutsches Textilforschungs- zentrum Nord-West e.V., Germany
16.30 - 17.00 h	Atmospheric Pressure Plasma - A New Technology for Surface Modification of Textiles Birger Lange, Freudenberg Forschungsdienste KG, Germany
17.15 - 18.15 h	«Get together» Networking Event

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