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A Comprehensive Review of the Effect of Elastane and Common Wet Processes on the Cotton and Cotton/Elastane Knitted Fabrics’ Properties and Revalorization of Fabric Waste

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This paper represents a comprehensive review of the effect of elastane and common wet processes (bleaching, dyeing, and softening) on the properties of 100% cotton and half or full plated cotton/elastane single jersey knitted fabrics. The fabrics were characterized in terms of their structural (fabric weight, thickness, and stitch density), comfort (air permeability and water vapor resistance), mechanical (stiffness, bursting elongation, and bursting strength), and antistatic (volume electrical resistivity) properties. Fabrics’ antistatic properties were further improved by in situ synthesis of Cu-based nanoparticles (CuNPs) on their surfaces. Such fabrics can be also considered as bioactive since they possessed excellent antioxidant (determined using the ABTS method) and antimicrobial (against E. Coli, S. aureus, and C. albicans) activities. The last section of this chapter is focused on proposing a novel circular economy solution for the disposal of softened cotton and cotton/elastane knitted fabric waste collected from the textile industry (i.e., after clothing cutting). For that purpose, selected fabrics were revalorized as adsorbents for the widely used textile dye Congo Red and the maximum dye adsorption was tested using isotherm models. Thereafter, the fabrics with adsorbed Congo Red dye were evaluated as antistatic and dissipative fabrics, i.e., as alternative non-metal-based conductive textiles.

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This work was supported by the CIS Institute d.o.o. Belgrade and the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, Contract No. 451-03-47/2023-01/200287.

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  1. University of Belgrade, Innovation Center of the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Karnegijeva 4, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Aleksandra Ivanovska

  2. CIS Institut, Vojislava Ilića 88, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Mirjana Reljić

  3. Academy of Technical and Art Applied Studies, Starine Novaka 24, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Mirjana Reljić

  4. Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Ruger Boskovic 16, 1000, Skopje, North Macedonia

    Biljana Mangovska

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Ivanovska, A., Reljić, M., Mangovska, B. (2024). A Comprehensive Review of the Effect of Elastane and Common Wet Processes on the Cotton and Cotton/Elastane Knitted Fabrics’ Properties and Revalorization of Fabric Waste. In: Mitrovic, N., Mladenovic, G., Mitrovic, A. (eds) New Trends in Engineering Research. CNNTech 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 792. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46432-4_15

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