Development of advanced textile materials: Natural fibre composites, anti-microbial, and flame-retardant fabrics

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-102

  Papaspyrides, C D ^a   Pavlidou, S ^b   Vouyiouka, S N ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Clothing Textile and Fibre Technological Development   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anti microbial properties; Flame retardant properties; Natural fibre composites; Textiles

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MATERIALS; ANTI-MICROBIAL; ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; CURRENT TRENDS; FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FLAME-RETARDANT PROPERTIES; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES; TEXTILE MATERIALS;

FLAMMABILITY; NATURAL FIBERS;

FABRICS;

EID: 67650494594     PISSN: 14644207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/14644207JMDA200     Document Type: Article

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