In future, it will be much easier to produce some active pharmaceutical substances and chemical compounds than was the case to date. Chemists have immobilized various catalysts on nylon in a very ...

Imagine plugging a USB port into a sheet of paper, and turning it into a tablet computer. It might be a stretch, but ideas like this have researchers examining the use of conductive nanocoatings on ...

Functional textiles are usually understood as the textiles used to make windproof jackets, breathable footwear and particularly effective thermal underwear. However, the term could soon refer to ...

Imagine plugging a USB port into a sheet of paper, and turning it into a tablet computer. It might be a stretch, but ideas like this have researchers at North Carolina State University examining the ...

Kvadrat Soft Cells is a modular system produced by Danish textile company Kvadrat. Each panel comprises a recycled aluminium frame filled with acoustic foam, which can be covered with a wide range of ...

‘Normally, conductive nanocoatings are applied to inorganic materials [such as] silicon. If we can find a way to apply them to textiles — cheap, flexible materials with a contorted surface texture — ...

This news release is available in German. In future, it will be much easier to produce some active pharmaceutical substances and chemical compounds than was the case to date. An international team ...