New Millennium Fibers
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Author(s): T. Hongu, G. Phillips and M. Takigami
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
ISBN: 1855736012
Format: hardback
299pp
Price: £125.00
Review Date: 15 June 2005
Review: The Japanese fibre industry is technology orientated, producing Shingosen ultra-fine fibre, and the new aim is for high-tech fibres. These are fibrous materials produced by advanced technology; and include high performance fibre with ultra-strength, high function fibre with specific functions for health care, comfort etc., and high-touch fibre, which has a superb feel to the touch. This book looks at the state-of-the-art of fibres and textiles. It begins by describing fibres and textiles in general, and identifies the potentials of high-tech fibres. It goes on to examine the future of high-tech fibres: high-function fibres, high-aesthetic fibres, and high performance fibres with properties specific to industrial uses. Superfibres with high mechanical strength, nanofibres and high polyketone fibres are all covered, as are carbon fibres, high-function fibres, and polymer fibres. The last chapter looks at the development of nanofibres for the future.