HONG KONG RESEARCHERS DEVELOP CASHMERE THAT CLEANS ITSELF WITH SUNLIGHT
August 1st, 2014
Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a thin coating made of nano-particles that when applied to fibres and exposed to sunlight creates charges that cleans them of contamination. Furthermore, they have developed a system allowing these particles to be applied through wet processing, without damaging cashmere’s notoriously delicate structure. The team’s lead researcher Dr Walid Daoud, an assistant professor at the renowned City University of Hong Kong’s School of Energy and Environment, has focuses its efforts on cashmere because the delicate fibre is ...
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