"Textiles for Advanced Applications" ed. by Bipin Kumar and Suman Thakur

This volume is dedicated to
This book presents a global view of the development and applications of technical textiles with the description of materials, structures, properties, characterizations, functions and relevant production technologies, case studies, challenges, and opportunities.

Technical textile is a transformative research area, dealing with the creation and studies of new generations of textiles that hoist many new scientific and technological challenges that have never been encountered before.
The book emphasizes more on the principles of textile science and technology to provide solutions to several engineering problems. All chapter topics are exclusive and selectively chosen and designed, and they are extensively explored by different authors having specific knowledge in each area.

Contents
Preface
1 Textile Application: From Need to Imagination
2 Woven Fabrics for Technical and Industrial Products
3 Multifunctional Foldable Knitted Structures: Fundamentals, Advances and Applications
4 Textile Reinforced Structural Composites for Advanced Applications
5 Hybrid Yarn Composites for Construction
6 Three-Dimentional Textile Preform Using Advanced Textile Technologies for Composite Manufacturing
7 Textile Composites for Seat Upholstery
8 Contemporary Personal Ballistic Protection (PBP)
9 Efficiency of Medical Workers’ Uniforms with Antimicrobial Activity
10 Functionalized Polypropylene Filaments for Flammability
11 Textile Materials in Liquid Filtration Practices: Current Status and Perspectives in Water and Wastewater Treatment
12 Shape Memory Polymers for Smart Textile Applications
13 FELT: Communicating Emotion through a Shape Changing Textile Wall Panel
14 ESD Knitted Fabrics from Conductive Yarns Used as Protective Garment for Electronic Industry
15 The Long Way of the Success: From Idea to the Market