Evaluation of test methods and use criteria for geotechnical fabrics in highway applications /

Mode of access: Internet.

American standard performance requirements for textile fabrics.

At head of title: ASA, L22

Flammable fabrics act. Public law 88, chapter 164; 83d Congress, 1st session, H.R.5069.

Mode of access: Internet.

Textile calculation : being a guide to calculations relating to the construction of all kinds of yarns and fabrics, the analysis of cloth, etc. /

Mode of access: Internet.

Industrial fabrics; a handbook for engineers, purchasing agents and salesmen,

Bibliography: p. 494-503.

Dyeing artificial silk fabrics /

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The dyeing of cotton fabrics; a practical handbook for the dyer and student,

Mode of access: Internet.

Fine men's wear fabrics /

Mode of access: Internet.

昭和十四年版輸出絹物統計要覧 付:各国絹物輸出入統計 各国絹物輸入関税率 ､The annual statistical report of the export silk & rayon fabrics

Mode of access: Internet.

Performance of rubberized asphalt pavements in Illinois /

"IHR-R07"--Technical report documentation page.

Quality of woven clothing fabrics purchased 1944-46 /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 122).

Artistic and decorative stencilling : a practical manual on the art of stencilling on paper, wood, and textile fabrics, for home adornment and articles of dress /

Mode of access: Internet.

Approved List. Flame-Retardant Application Concerns, Fabrics, Materials and Chemicals

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Transglutaminase mediated grafting of silk proteins onto wool fabrics leading to improved physical and mechanical properties

Transglutaminases have the ability to incorporate primary amines and to graft peptides (containing glutamine or lysine residues) into proteins. These properties enable transglutaminases to be used in the grafting of a range of compounds including peptides and/or proteins onto wool fibres, altering their functionality. In this paper we investigated the transglutaminase mediated grafting of silk proteins into wool and its effect on wool properties. A commercial hydrolysed silk preparation was compared with silk sericin. The silk sericin protein was labelled with a fluorescent probe which was used to demonstrate the efficiency of the TGase grafting of such proteins into wool fibres. The TGase mediated grafting of these proteins led to a significant effect on the properties of wool yarn and fabric, resulting in increased bursting strength, as well as reduced levels of felting shrinkage and improved fabric softness. Also observed was an accumulation of deposits on the surface of the treated wool fibres when monitored by SEM and alterations in the thermal behaviour of the modified fibres, in particular for mTGase/sericin treated fibres which, with the confocal studies, corroborate the physical changes observed on the treated wool fabric. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Transglutaminase treatment of wool fabrics leads to resistance to detergent damage

Biological detergents are now routinely used in domestic laundry because the enzymes they contain provide the added benefit of low temperature washes with improved cleaning performance. One of the key enzymes found in these detergents are proteases, which if exposed to natural protein fibres such as wool or silk can cause irreversible damage, leading to loss of fabric strength, shape and poor colour fastness. Transglutaminases (TGases) are protein cross-linking enzymes capable of adding tensile strength to wool proteins, and as a consequence are capable of remediating the damage caused by previous chemical treatments, and more importantly, by proteases. In this paper we treated dyed wool fabric with TGase and then washed the fabric with biological and non-biological detergents to investigate whether TGases would protect wool garments from damage by the undue use of biological detergents in domestic laundry. We demonstrate using different cycles of detergent washes containing biological and non-biological detergents and different TGase treatments, that wool fabric treated previously with TGase release less dye into the washing liquor and in addition maintain fabric strength at levels greater than the washed controls. As a consequence, wool garments previously treated with TGase are likely to have increased resistance to domestic washing and thus provide increased longevity. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.