Sustainable advanced materials research for wellbeing

Texas Tech University recently released a YouTube video highlighting the on-going research on advanced materials involving natural fibres and blends, informs Dr Seshadri Ramkumar.

Cotton, hemp and natural fibre-based combinations are finding new applications.

Texas Tech University recently released a YouTube video highlighting the on-going research on advanced materials involving natural fibres and blends.

Bunmi Olopade, a research scholar from Nigeria is looking at cotton for wipes that have antifungal properties that could applications in medical and hospitality sectors.

Sustainable functionalisation using ionic gases offers new opportunities to impart high-performance characteristics to textiles. Mirza Khyum, graduate student from Bangladesh is looking into new applications for hemp and its blends.

Recently, research conducted by Dr Faizur Rahman, who completed his PhD on the filtration efficiency of different filters such as automotive filters has shown that quality of manufacturing matters in developing high efficiency filters.

A video discussing these on-going projects is given here:

About the author:

Dr Seshadri Ramkumar is a Professor, Nonwovens & Advanced Materials Laboratory in Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.