Disposable literally means designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up. Disposable textiles are textiles used in or as apparel for functional applications, designed to be disposed of after use. They are bound by "use and throw" concept...

Textiles are no more restricted for apparel use only. That is why the products of important segments such as agrotech, buildtech, geotech, mobitech, hometech, meditech, indutech are of recent interest under technical textiles...

Travel makes a person wiser. This is true in my case, which enables me to gain global perspective and share my observations with the outside world on issues that are of interest to the textile and manufacturing sectors. The long air travels from the US to India...

Polyester forms a major constituent among the synthetic fiber industry. It is the most popular synthetic fiber because of its high strength and esthetic appeal. Polyester being highly crystalline, hydrophobic and devoid of reactive groups...

The Intelligence of smart materials has to be accepted by the user. There has to be the possibility of identification with wearable electronics to see a sense in using clothes, which seems to be not completed with respect to the medical and the cleaning aspects...

The benefits to science and society from Nanotechnology are substantial. If the criterion is to produce very minute particle size fibres and materials the nano-technology is the only way to achieve the same. This article elucidates about the silver based anti microbial finishing on cotton fabric...