CLAY TEXTILE COMPOSITE
April 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIEAMERICAN scientists have developed a new hybrid nanotechnology material made by combining clay with cotton, producing a substance that they claim has strong heat resistance ability, durability and suppleness. Researchers mixed microscopic montmorillonite clay particles into cotton fibres dissolved by a recyclable solvent that was later removed. The mixture was dried, resulting in clay particles becoming embedded throughout the cotton matrix. The scientists - from the US government Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - have hailed the technology as ...
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