Advances in Healthcare and Protective Textiles addresses technologies that have had a major impact in industry for decades, but which are currently attracting unprecedented attention due to their applications in the fight against the Coronavirus epidemic. Recent advances in textile technology have opened new possibilities for textile researchers and scientists in antiviral textiles, flame-retardant textiles, antimicrobial textiles, insect repellent textiles, breathable medical textiles, aroma-protective textiles, high tech-textiles, smart textiles, nano textiles, and more. This book provides systematic and comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge research and developments on material design, methodologies, characterizations, processes, properties and applications of medical healthcare and protective textiles.
In addition, sections pay special attention to advanced fabrication methodologies and materials used in apparel engineering.
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Table of Contents
1. Medical and Healthcare Textiles: An Overview2. Polymeric Materials for Medical Applications
3. Textile Structures for Medical Applications
4. Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers
5. Standards and Requirements for Medical Clothing
6. Antimicrobial Textiles in Health Care System
7. Structure, Mechanism of Aroma Compounds and Application in the Development of Healthcare Textiles
8. Antioxidant Activity Imparted to Textiles and Fibers for Medical Use
9. Textile Based Targeted Drug Delivery Systems
10. Textiles for Orthopedic and Surgical Applications
11. Biomedical Applications of Healthcare Textiles
12. Textile-Based Medical Implantable Devices
13. Standards and Specifications for Medical Clothing
14. Protective Textiles: An Overview
15. High-Performance Fibres for Protective Applications
16. Advanced Technologies for Protective Textiles
17. Materials, Design and Technology of Body Armour
18. Fire Protective Textiles
Authors
Shahid Ul Islam Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. Shahid Ul Islam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He works at the interface of materials science and textile engineering, with an emphasis on the functionalization of textile and polymeric materials for use in different applications. Abhijit Majumdar Professor, Department of Textile and Fiber Engineering, IIT Delhi, India. Abhijit Majumdar is currently holding the position of R. Jaikumar Chair Professor for DecisionSciences in the Textile and Fibre Engineering department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
(IIT Delhi). He has published 145 research papers in international refereed journals. His research
areas include protective fibrous materials, operations management, and sustainable supply chains.
management. He has authored two textbooks, edited four books, and two monographs. He is the
associate editor of the Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India) Series E (Chemical and Textile
Engineering) and OPSEARCH. Bhupendra Singh Butola Professor, Department of Textile and Fiber Engineering, IIT Delhi, India. B. S. Butola is a Professor at the Department of Textiles & Fibre Engineering, IIT Delhi, India. His research interests include functionalization of textiles with metal oxides, use of shear thickening fluids for improving the impact performance of ballistic textiles, polymeric nanocomposites and smart colorants. He has edited 7 books.
