NEW TECHNOLOGY AIMS TO MAKE CLOTHES REPEL DIRT AND EVEN CLEANSE THEMSELVES
July 1st, 2008
BY MARK ROWE and GAVIN BLAIR
WHILE the idea of using nano-titanium particles to enable textiles to "self-clean" is not new, the applications to which this technology is being applied and enhanced are increasing almost daily. A number of products are currently being designed or put on the open market in Europe and the United States. The Germany-based lifestyle brand Daniel Hechter, for instance, (www.daniel-hechter.de) has developed a 'lotus flower' coat that causes water and dirt to drip off from a specially structured surface on the leaves. The dirt ...
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