2026 December - 25 articles
Fluorescence is a powerful tool to realize textile products with high-visibility effects. Fluorescent materials can transfer non-visible UV light into visible light, and by doing so, the visibility under illumination with sunlight increases. For text...
Transforming textile waste into durable, value-added materials remains a central challenge for sustainable apparel systems. This study developed single-layer, nonwoven sheets from discarded 100% cotton textiles using a papermaking-derived wet-laid pr...
Aramid fibers combine high specific strength, impact-energy absorption and thermal stability, yet the same rigid, highly oriented chains also produce a chemically inert surface, low compressive strength and sensitivity to ultraviolet (UV) radiation a...
The increasing use of blended textiles has created waste streams that are difficult to recycle because chemically dissimilar fiber components must be separated without unnecessarily destroying their material value. Polyester–cotton blends conta...
Wearables have received considerable attention due to their ability to monitor physiological and environmental data in real time. Their performance depends on innovative structures and materials that respond to diverse stimuli. A major challenge is t...
Natural fibre-reinforced polymer composites are gaining considerable attention as sustainable alternatives to fully synthetic composites because of their low density, renewability, and favourable specific mechanical properties. However, the hydrophil...
The growing volume of textile waste increases the need for effective chemical recycling methods. The hydrochloric acid-based polycotton recycling process offers a route to valorize polycotton textiles (polyester/cotton blends in any ratio) in two ste...
The global textile industry generates waste at multiple stages, including fiber production, fabric manufacturing, chemical processing, garment production, finishing, and post-consumption. This study examines approaches for effective textile waste man...
Textiles have been widely used as medical implant materials because they combine favorable mechanical properties, unique flexibility, porosity and biocompatibility. These textiles can be tailored for a wide range of clinical applications, including h...
Weft-knitted fabrics offer significant potential for smart textile applications due to their versatile and programmable structure. However, the lack of effective computational simulation tools limits the precise design of large-scale fabrics with tar...
Conventional approaches to developing conductive textiles have relied on coating or printing of conductive nanomaterials on the fabric surface, with limited investigations into modifications of the textile structure to improve conductivity and durabi...
The lack of well-fitting and supportive sports bras is a significant public health barrier, hindering adolescent girls from engaging in physical activity and negatively impacting their physical and mental health. This study aims to optimize sports br...
Prunus spinosa fruit extract was investigated as a plant-derived coloring system for protein-based textiles by evaluating the effects of substrate, mordanting, dyeing conditions, and dye-bath pH. Knitted wool, woven wool, and silk were dyed without m...
Selected low-impact extracts from red cabbage, spent coffee grounds, Pisolithus sp., orange peel, Iris germanica petals, dragon fruit peel and pine bark were immobilized on halloysite (HA), hydrotalcite (HT) and laponite (LAP) and evaluated as hybrid...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being applied across textile-recycling systems to support material identification, automated sorting, process optimization, recovered-fiber assessment, sustainable composite design, and circular-economy decision-making...
The removal of dyes from textile waste remains a major bottleneck in closed-loop textile recycling. Post-consumer textiles contain complex and often unidentified dye mixtures at unknown concentrations, creating a significant challenge for the develop...
The prediction of the draping and folding behavior of textiles is important for the thermoforming of lightweight components. By assessing and controlling the fabric’s wrinkling, curved surfaces of components can be digitally optimized to ensure...
The textile industry is one of the largest consumers of synthetic dyes and a principal contributor to industrial water pollution. This study examines the natural dyeing of silk fabric using aqueous extracts from the bark and leaves of Dalbergia sisso...
Throughout 2025, Textiles published a broad array of original research articles and reviews that demonstrate the rapid technological evolution of textile science and technology [...]
The present study aims to analyse the performance of an industrial embroidery section producing knitted garments and terry fabrics through the application of an integrated methodological framework. The research combines REFA-based time analysis, Pare...
Current recycling processes for dyed polyester textiles primarily focus on recovering the PET substrate, while the disperse dye retained within the polymer structure is generally overlooked and consequently lost as a potentially reusable resource. Th...
Post-consumer clothing waste is a growing problem that contributes to environmental and resource management issues. The second-hand market redirects these garments away from landfills, but a large portion still ends up as waste. These waste clothes m...
Accurate characterization of heterogeneous postconsumer textiles remains a major challenge for textile-to-textile (T2T) recycling. Here, we demonstrate the utility of near-infrared hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI) for visualizing textile heterogeneity...
Growing environmental and systemic challenges in the sportswear industry call for a shift toward function-led, sustainable design engineering, yet the potential of weft flat-bed knitting technology, which enables precise stitch control and compatibil...
This study developed a bio-based approach for the natural dyeing and functional finishing of silk fabrics using pineapple core extract, lac dye, and cricket protein crosslinked with genipin (CP—GP). Pineapple core extract was used to provide an...
