– BRUSSELS HAILS NEW NANO-COATINGS RESEARCH DELIVERING ABILITY TO STRENGTHEN YARNS
June 1st, 2013
THE EUROPEAN Commission has welcomed the results of a European Union (EU) research project Surfuncell which has developed a nanotechnology-based coating able to strengthen yarns. Its scientists have created coatings that toughen the surface of materials, to “prevent deterioration of the compound structure, or matrices holding the materials together,” said a Commission note. It stressed the new technology delivered “improved properties…such as antimicrobial activity, selective adsorption, flame resistance, electrical conductivity, antimicrobial ...
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