Body odor is an embarrassment which every body would have faced in one or the other time. The stench of sweat or dirt may put a person in discomfiture, while with others. People look for clothes that smell good, and remain fresh for a longer time, thereby boosting their confidence. They expect specialized finishes that control body odor and remain fresh for a longer time....

In the last decade, industrial textile in China has already experienced rapid increase, especially the last five years with annual growth rate of above 18%. In 2007, the output of industrial textile in china was 5443.2 thousand tons, which is 906.2 thousand tons more than that of 2006 and occupies 15.4% of the total output of textile fibers....

The world had witnessed a financial tsunami in 2008 and the effect is still lingering. Officially, the United States has been in a recession for at least a year or so. And, as the author pens down this article news from the United Kingdom is such that the recession has been officially declared there....

Today it's needed to adopt a different approach to textiles; fabrics have to be regarded not only just as a surface, to be interpreted graphically, but as a material to all intents and purposes, with its own intrinsic structure and performance. In the sector of technical textiles there are a large number of niches and products....

Finishing of fabrics has received paramount significance to suit specific end-uses and accordingly research is still in progress to link finishing process and application. Finishing process has acclaimed more popularity especially for dress materials and technical textiles needless to mention about the role of finishing in application like mountaineering, marine engineering, geo-technical engineering etc...

The significance of inspiration from nature for technical textiles and for fibrous composite materials is demonstrated by examples of already existing technical solutions that either parallel biology or are indeed in¬spired by biological models. The two different basic types of biomimetic approaches are briefly presented and discussed for the "technical plant stem."...