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New fibers (Second edition)

T Hongu, Institute of Techno Strategy, Japan and G O Phillips, Phillips Hydrocolloid Research Ltd, UK

Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles No. 7

The special feature of this book is not only in giving an understanding and account of known possibilities, but also in describing the invention of new fibers and fibrous materials with unexpected and interesting properties and applications.
Journal of The Textile Institute

The first edition of New Fibers was enthusiastically received by a worldwide audience and this second edition has provided an opportunity to revise and update its contents and examine new developments since 1990.

There have been considerable changes in the nature of the fibers being produced, the production methods and in consumers' values and expectations. Since 1990, the march of high-tech fibers has continued, with an ever increasing sub-division to meet specialised applications, as in high performance, high-function and high-sense fibers.
New research and development has produced fibers with high tenacity and modulus to give the super-fibers now used as industrial materials. The more aesthetic and comfortable modern lifestyle has given rise to improved Shin-gosen and it is this springboard that leads on to 'fibers for the next millennium', the subject of a new chapter. Another new chapter examines the resurgence of synthetic cellulosics since 1990, in particular the various solvent-spun fibers of the Lyocell and Tencell families.

Published in association with The Textile Institute

£150.00 / US$255.00 / €180.00

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About the authors

Dr Tatsuya Hongu is technical Adviser to Toho Rayon Co Ltd, Tokyo and Visiting Professor of Advanced Fiber Science and technology at Shinsu University and Gifu University.

Professor Glyn O Phillips is Chairman, Research Transfer Ltd, Wales, UK and Consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency and several international companies.

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Contents

Birth of the new fibers
 - Background
 - Transition to new fibers

The super fiber with new performance
 - Two streams of super fiber
 - The quest for a strong fiber
 - From 'shish-kebab- to 'gel spinning'
 - The aramid fiber race in Europe, USA & Japan
 - Polyacetal fiber
 - Strong vinylon RM
 - New liquid crystalline polymers - engineering plastics for the next generation
 - Vectran : A fully aromatic polyester fiber
 - Developing polyallylate fiber
 - The ACM industry in the USA
 - High technology boats of carbon fiber
 - Final stage of pitch-based carbon fiber development
 - The future of super fibers

High touch fibers
 - A silk-like fiber which surpasses natural silk
 - Challenge of ultra-fine fibers
 - The skin-like fabric EXCELTECH
 - Chameleonic fabrics
 - Photochromism-controlled clothing material
 - Sleeping comfortably with sweet scents
 - Perfumed pantyhose
 - Power fibers which store solar energy
 - Irridescent textiles
 - Protein plastics with 'the touch of human skin'

Biomimetic chemistry and fibers
 - Applications of morphology/structure
 - Hybridization technology

Biopolymer frontiers
 - Mimicking the functions of enzymes & co-enzymes
 - Polysaccharides in semi-conductors and medicine
 - Biomass of crab and shrimp shells
 - New applications of silk
 - Fibers produced by bacteria
 - New functions for cellulose
 - Utilisation of protein functionality

Progression of high-tech fibers
 - utilisation of unused resources
 - Biotechnology and fibers
 - Electronics and fibers
 - Cars and fibers
 - Fibers in space
 - Fibers and nuclear power
 - Fibers in sport
 - Fibers for geotextiles
 - Fibers in the ocean

New high-tech fibers and shin-gosen
 - Various categories of high-tech fibers
 - Development of Shin-gosen
 - Design of specialist fibers
 - fabrics for relaxation using 1/F fluctuations
 - Some new arrivals

Cellulosic man-made fibers
 - New solvent systems
 - New cellulosic fiber derivatives
 - New environmental and cost saving developments
 - Life cycle assessment
 - Cellulose the renewable resource

Fibers for the next millennium
 - Introduction
 - High tenacity and high modulus fibers
 - Microdenier (ultra-fine) fibers and biomimetics
 - The next stage - Technological improvements
 - The next century - Respect for people's quality of life and harmony withnature nature
 - New frontier fibers (super-function fiber materials etc)
 - Super-biomimetics fiber materials
 - Super-natural materials
 - Resources recycling
 - Fibers for health
 - Conclusion