While wearing a crisply ironed, wrinkle-free shirt makes a good impression, researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus are working to solve the issue of wrinkling when it comes to making textile composites.

The Global Textile Composites Market was valued at approximately USD 7.91 billion in 2023 and is expected to grow at a robust CAGR of 6.9% from 2024 to 2032. Textile composites refer to materials that ...

One-dimensional flexible supercapacitor yarns are of considerable interest for future wearable electronics. The bottleneck in this field is how to develop devices of high energy and power density, by ...

A team of researchers is developing a robotic system to reduce the production cost of a lightweight, heat-resistant composite material, offering promise for future widespread applications. WEST ...

Funded by the European Union, r-LightBioCom is working towards a paradigm shift where circularity is engineered from the very beginning, and becomes the principle that guides the solution. It brings ...

Polyester (PET) fabric is a versatile synthetic material with excellent abrasion, corrosion resistance, and light resistance. However, PET fabric is combustible, with a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of ...

The researchers estimate their self-healing strategy can extend the lifetime of conventional fibre-reinforced composite ...