1. Investigation of a-PVA/s-PVA hydrogels prepared by freezing-thawing method

   • Mei Huang
   • Dongdan Cai
   • Yamaura Kazuo

   OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 955 - 962

2. Synthesis of a novel flame retardant containing phosphorus-nitrogen and its comparison for cotton fabric

   • Thach-Mien D. Nguyen
   • SeChin Chang
   • Ryan Slopek

   OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 963 - 970

3. Comparison between oxygen and nitrogen plasma treatment on adhesion properties and antibacterial activity of metal coated polypropylene fabrics

   • S. Shahidi
   • M. Ghoranneviss

   OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 971 - 978

4. Surface modification of HMPBO fibers by silane coupling agent of KH-560 treatment assisted by ultrasonic vibration

   • Junwei Gu
   • Jing Dang
   • Qiuyu Zhang

   OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 979 - 984

5. Thrombin immobilization to enzymatic modified PET and PAN fabrics and their applications

   • Alper Akkaya
   • Nurdan Kasikara Pazarlioglu

   OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 985 - 993

6. Manufacturing polymethyl methacrylate nanofibers as a support for enzyme immobilization

   • Navid Amini
   • Saeedeh Mazinani
   • Vida Adlfar

   OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 994 - 998

7. Antimicrobial electrospun silk fibroin mats with silver nanoparticles for wound dressing application

   • Pimpon Uttayarat
   • Suwimol Jetawattana
   • Suchada Pongpat

   OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 999 - 1006

8. RSM and ANN approaches for modeling and optimizing of electrospun polyurethane nanofibers morphology

   • Amir Rabbi
   • Komeil Nasouri
   • Mohammad Reza Babaei

   OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1007 - 1014

9. Mechanical properties and crystallization behavior of polypropylene non-woven fabrics reinforced with POSS and SiO₂ nanoparticles

   • Xiaoyan Song
   • Shengzhi Zhou
   • Bowen Cheng

   OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1015 - 1022

10. Preparation and characterization of iptycene polymer/SWCNT nanocomposites

    • Yong-Seung Chi
    • Jun Mo Park
    • Tae Jin Kang

    OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1023 - 1030

11. Fabrication and characterization study of electrospun quantum dot — poly vinyl alcohol composite nanofiber for novel engineering applications

    • Matin Mahmoudifard
    • Ahmad Mousavi Shoushtari
    • Afshin Mohsenifar

    OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1031 - 1036

12. Influence of deposition parameters and kinetics of electroless Ni-P plating on polyester fiber

    • R. H. Guo
    • S. X. Jiang
    • G. H. Zheng

    OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1037 - 1043

13. High yield preparation of keratin powder from wool fiber

    • Jie Fan
    • Wei-dong Yu

    OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1044 - 1049

14. Cotton fabric mechanical properties affected by post-finishing processes

    • Danmei Sun
    • George K. Stylios

    OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1050 - 1057

15. Effect of kiwifruit protease on the characteristics of human hair

    • Won Joon Choi
    • Sang-Mo Kang
    • Joonseok Koh

    OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1058 - 1064

16. Carbon footprint reduction in the textile process chain: Recycling of textile materials

    • Subramanian SenthilKannan Muthu
    • Yi Li
    • Li Ze

    OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1065 - 1070

17. Impact of yarn extension on packing density of ring spun yarn

    • A. Kumar
    • S. M. Ishtiaque
    • A. Das

    OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1071 - 1078

18. Micro-fading spectrometry: A tool for real-time assessment of the light-fastness of dye/textile systems

    • Julio M. del Hoyo-Meléndez
    • Marion F. Mecklenburg

    OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1079 - 1085

19. Influence of the deformation mode on seam slippage in woven fabrics

    • Virginija Daukantienė
    • Milda Lapinskienė

    OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1086 - 1093

20. Predicting the tensile strength of polyester/cotton blended woven fabrics using feed forward back propagation artificial neural networks

    • Zulfiqar Ali Malik
    • Noman Haleem
    • Anwaruddin Tanwari

    OriginalPaper 31 October 2012 Pages: 1094 - 1100