A combined team of chemical and biomolecular engineers from the University of Delaware, and the Center for Plastics Innovation, both in the U.S., has developed a way to chemically separate fibers in ...

A research team from the Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has ...

What does chemistry have to do with fabric? The answer is more than lab coats! Think about the fabric that makes your shirt. Notice the strings that are woven or knitted together to make the fabric.

DAK Americas, a subsidiary of Mexico’s largest chemical company, has announced a project that just a few years ago would have been foolhardy: an expansion of U.S. capacity for polyester fiber. The ...

Analysis of chemical signatures on common fibers may help solve crimes, and research is helping to push that forward. Crime-scene investigators may soon have a new tool to help them catch evildoers.

The Pratteln, Switzerland-based chemical company announced an exclusive global distribution partnership with Fibre52, a low-temperature, bleaching technology with an innovative dyeing application.

Researchers have developed a panel with textile waste that improves both the thermal and acoustic conditions of buildings and reduces the energy impact associated to the production of construction ...

Learn about 10 different types of fabric and how their uses are related to their characteristic properties. Masks that people wear block between 7% and 98% of droplets in the air from going into your ...