Passive Functions
- Breathing fabrics
- Self cleaning - superhydrophobic
Easy to Clean Coatings
Spray on coatings have been developed for textiles
which combine water and oil-repellant, antistatic and flame-retardant
properties
Soiling - wine, soft drinks, oil - are kept on the
surface and can be removed easily
Lotus Effect Textiles
 By
combining surface structures, which have a roughness at a range of
scales from hundred of microns (which woven textiles already have) down
to hundreds of nanometres, and using highly water repellent surfaces
provided by, for example, ultathin coatings of fluoropolymers, fabrics
can be made to be 'super-hydrophobic - water droplets sit on the surface
and easily fall off. This 'lotus effect' both protects against staining
and also gives self cleaning properties against dust.
Coatings for textiles with these properties are constantly
improving.
Flash Dried Fabrics
3XDRY® finishing technology was developed to provide a treatment
that retains water resistance on the face of a fabric and increases
wicking on the back. The two functions are truly separated within the
fabric, which remains highly breathable.
3XDRY® uses a special process to apply a hydrophilic finish on the back
that wicks perspiration away from the body, spreading it over the
fabric, and evaporating it quickly on the face. It also has a
hydrophobic finish that repels water and dirt.
The fabric dries six to eight times faster than untreated fabric. 3XDRY
® also incorporates a hygienic treatment to control odor.
Nano-dry from Nano-Tex
NANO-DRY treatment is a
structural modification of the material at the molecular level that
produces outstanding wicking characteristics and prevents chilling
caused by the evaporation of sweat on the skin. The material moves sweat
from its origin and enables the fluid to rapidly be removed away from
the skin.
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