An innovation in Nanotechnologies, Composites, and Sports Materials is the focus of a two-day symposium which will be held April 11-12 at the DoubleTree Club Hotel in Atlanta, Ga. The National Textile Center is a supporting partner of this program which is being developed by the Association's Material Interest Group and chaired by Dr. Fred L. Cook with Georgia Institute of Technology.
Confirmed presentations include:
• Unique Properties of Electrospun Nanofiber Webs and Potential Applications – Young Chung, Donaldson
• Nanofiber and Nanocomposite-Fiber Technology for Environmental Applications – Ben Chu, State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Tailored for Health Care, Composites and Optoelectronics -David Arthur, SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc.
• Superhydrophobic Surfaces Generated from Water-Borne Dispersions of Hierarchically Assembled Nanoparticles Coated with a Reversibly Switchable Shell - Sergiy Minko, Clarkson University
• Nano Scale Polymerization and Fiber Spinning - Karl Jacob, Georgia Institute of Technology
• anoscale Advances in Moisture Management for Natural Fiber Fabrics – Bill Stockton, Nano-Tex Inc.
• Oxygen, Energy, Recovery: An Approach to Wellness through a Unique Fiber Design – Terry Turner, Wellman Inc.
• Nanostructured Metall Oxides - Michael Doludda, Degussa Corp.
• Surface Coatings Technologies - Mark Huggard, Luna Innovations Incorporated
• NanoscaleMetal Antimicrobials in Textiles - Dennis Schneider, NanoHorizons