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Investigating the Wear Comfort Properties of Knitted Fabrics Made with a Novel Biodegradable Polyester Yarn

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Joining the great performance and sustainability is the clothing dilemma of the twenty-first century. Efforts have been made to invent new functional fibers without harming the environment, during the manufacturing process, or even after the product use. COCONA® is a polyester yarn widely employed in sportswear for athletes, given its capacity to maintain the core temperature at an optimal range. The sustainable program launched by this yarn producer depicted adding a biodegradable character to their products while preserving the original functionalities. Our study aims to compare the wear comfort properties namely the air permeability, the water vapor permeability and the drying behavior of the two yarns (regular and biodegradable). In this study, six knitted fabrics were produced: where three using the regular COCONA® yarn and three using the biodegradable COCONA® yarn with the same pattern and machine settings. Results showed that using the biodegradable COCONA® yarn increases the breathability and improves the drying capacity of loose knitted fabrics and it has no significant effect on tightly knitted structures.

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Acknowledgements

This project is carried out under the MOBIDOC scheme, funded by The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research through the PromEssE project and managed by the ANPR (Agence Nationale de la Promotion de la Recherche Scientifique). We would like to show our gratitude to the VTL group for providing the necessary materials and tools for this project, we would also like to show our appreciation to the working crew and supervisors for sharing their pearls of wisdom with us during this research.

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    Mohamed Ghaith Chakroun, Sofien Benltoufa & Faten Fayala

  2. Textile Materials and Processes Research Unit, National Engineering School of Monastir, University of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia

    Adel Ghith

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Chakroun, M.G., Benltoufa, S., Ghith, A. et al. Investigating the Wear Comfort Properties of Knitted Fabrics Made with a Novel Biodegradable Polyester Yarn. Fibers Polym 24, 321–328 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-023-00124-9

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