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Self-Cleaning Textiles and Their Applications

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Advanced Multifunctional Materials from Fibrous Structures

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The research related to self-cleaning textiles has received considerable attention within the scientific community due to their potential applications in industry and daily life. During the last two decades research interests on self-cleaning textiles have grown tremendously. Over the past years, researchers have been working to mimic nature by inducing self-cleaning properties into fibrous materials. The self-cleaning textiles have applications in the fields, such as space, defense, automotive, medical, sensors, apparel, and so on. Currently, there are two main concepts used in developing self-cleaning textiles. The first concept (physical self-cleaning) is based on the superhydrophobic approach where water droplets attain a spherical shape and then roll off the surface carrying away the dirt particles. The second concept (chemical self-cleaning) is based on the process of photo-catalysis where the dirt/stain molecules break down to simpler species (such as CO2 and water) on exposure to light. This chapter is about the current approaches to the self-cleaning textiles and their functional applications.

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This work was supported by the project ‘‘Advanced structures for thermal insulation in extreme conditions’’ (Reg. No. 21-32510M) granted by the Czech Science Foundation (GACR). The authors also acknowledge the research project granted by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Czech Republic and the European Union "Textile structures combining virus protection and comfort," reg. no. CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/20_321/0024467.

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Khan, M.Z., Militký, J., Tomková, B., Ali, A., Venkataraman, M., Křemenáková, D. (2023). Self-Cleaning Textiles and Their Applications. In: Militký, J., Venkataraman, M. (eds) Advanced Multifunctional Materials from Fibrous Structures. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 201. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6002-6_6

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