Textiles – Page 2

Opinion
Smartly dressed

2019-03-06T09:30:00Z

Smart materials are edging closer to being useful
Research
Smart textile uses sweat as switch to keep wearer cool or warm

2019-02-08T11:03:00Z

Material becomes more porous and can dissipate infrared radiation in response to moisture
Research
Reversible textile can keep you both cool and warm

2017-11-10T19:01:00Z

Composite material can both suppress and enhance a body’s heat loss depending on which way round it is
Research
Carbon fibre gets a colourful makeover

2017-10-13T15:34:00Z

Titanium dioxide structures allow super strong material to ditch dull reputation
Business
BASF to buy Solvay’s polyamide business

2017-09-21T09:55:00Z

€1.6bn deal covers 2400 employees at sites in Europe, Asia and the Americas
Research
Tailored molecules alter the fabric of cotton

2017-09-15T15:20:00Z

Modified glucose grows into smart cellulose
Feature
The chemistry of the yellow jersey

2017-06-29T10:05:00Z

Hayley Bennett tells the story of the 1948 Tour de France’s yellow jersey – and how synthetic fabrics came to dominate sportswear
Research
Fractal crystals win fashion design contest

2017-05-14T06:51:00Z

Organic compounds form peculiar geometric crystals due to inefficient molecular stacking
Research
Nanotubes make Kevlar armour smarter

2017-04-03T06:02:00Z

Conducting composite senses damage and stiffens on impact
Research
Dye detective work uncovers Perkin’s chemistry secrets

2017-01-03T15:41:00Z

The pioneering Victorian chemist didn’t reveal all in his patent on the first synthetic purple dye
Research
Lab on skin can perform health check on athletes

2016-11-23T19:00:00Z

New device analyses sweat biomarkers and communicates health data wirelessly to smartphone
Research
Smart sensors for sweaty socks

2016-11-16T16:51:00Z

Stretchable sweat-powered lactate sensors can now be worn on your feet
Research
Battery material could let people keep their cool

2016-09-02T14:38:00Z

Nanoporous polyethylene clothes would be transparent to body heat, but reflect visible light
Podcast
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach – Book club

2016-08-30T14:01:00Z

The non-weapon technologies of war, from penis transplants to maggot therapy
Review
Grunt: the curious science of humans at war

2016-08-30T14:00:00Z

The hurt locker
Opinion
Flashback: 1991 – fashionable chemistry

2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

Chemistry takes the catwalk
Podcast
Mauveine

2016-03-30T00:00:00Z

Michael Freemantle with a colourful account of the birth of synthetic organic chemistry
Research
Conductive calligraphy

2016-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ancient art behind electronic textiles you can wash
Research
Dress dye analysis points to fast-moving fashion in 19th century

2015-12-07T00:00:00Z

Purple dyes took as little as four years to go from synthesis to mass production
Careers
The textiles designer

2015-10-30T00:00:00Z

Combining chemistry with a passion for textiles has taken Fern Kelly on an unusual career journey spanning the globe. Rachel Brazil investigates