Textile Surface Engineering
Techniques, Applications, and Future Directions
Will be published approx. on 15. November 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
550 pages
978-0-443-40499-3 (ISBN)
Description
Textile Surface Engineering: Techniques, Applications, and Future Directions highlights the wide range of approaches available for modifying textile surfaces while also considering textile surface modification strategies for a variety of textile applications and discussing the actual practical benefits arising from these strategies. The book concludes with outline discussions of emerging trends and potential future developments in the field of surface modified textiles. Readers will find this to be an updated critique of the practical benefits of textile surface modifications and the improvements that they can bestow on textile products.
Textiles possess an enormous range of diverse applications. The diversity of these applications requires an astonishing range of textile properties, and it is widely recognized that the structure and geometry of textile fibers and the types of fabric constructed from them are key factors. Important additional factors, however, are the nature of the fiber surface and the nature of the surface of the constructed fabric. These surfaces can often be modified to provide much improved performance in the application for which the fabric is intended.
Textiles possess an enormous range of diverse applications. The diversity of these applications requires an astonishing range of textile properties, and it is widely recognized that the structure and geometry of textile fibers and the types of fabric constructed from them are key factors. Important additional factors, however, are the nature of the fiber surface and the nature of the surface of the constructed fabric. These surfaces can often be modified to provide much improved performance in the application for which the fabric is intended.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-443-40499-3 (9780443404993)
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Person
Robert Mather became involved with textiles when he joined the staff at The Scottish College of Textiles (SCOT) in Galashiels in 1983 (SCOT was subsequently subsumed into Heriot-Watt University, based in Edinburgh). There he acquired an interest in technical textiles. He has established profiles in the processing of polypropylene fibres, the gas plasma treatments of textiles and the integration of photovoltaic (solar) cells on textiles.
He is the author of more than 90 technical papers and over the past 20 years has contributed chapters to ten edited books on textiles. He co-authored a book on textile chemistry for the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2011. Second and third editions were published in 2015 and 2024, respectively. He has also co-authored a book on photovoltaic textiles, published in 2023.
His professional memberships include Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, CChem, and Fellow of the Textile Institute, CTex.
He is the author of more than 90 technical papers and over the past 20 years has contributed chapters to ten edited books on textiles. He co-authored a book on textile chemistry for the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2011. Second and third editions were published in 2015 and 2024, respectively. He has also co-authored a book on photovoltaic textiles, published in 2023.
His professional memberships include Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, CChem, and Fellow of the Textile Institute, CTex.
Content
Part 1: Surface Modification Methods
1. Introduction to Surface Modification Techniques
2. Plasma Treatments
3. Laser Treatments
4. Vapour Deposition Methods
5. Enhancing Surface Electrical Conductivity
6. Treatments with Nanoparticles
7. Use of Sol-Gel Technique
8. Enzyme Treatments
9. Grafting Onto Textile Fibre Surfaces
10. Emerging Surface Modification Approaches
Part 2: Applications of Surface Modified Textiles
11. Introduction to Applications of Surface Modified Textiles
12. Functional Properties: Antibacterial, Water Repellency, Flame Retardancy, etc.
13. Biomedical Applications of Surface Modified Textiles
14. Outdoor and Recreational Uses
15. Textiles in Fire Services
16. Textiles in Military
17. Industrial Utilisation of Surface Modified Textiles
18. Textiles in Sports and Performance Enhancement
19. Textiles in Communications and Technology
20. Textiles in Civil Engineering and Infrastructure
21. Fibre Surface Modifications for Aesthetic Purposes
22. Additional Chapter on Surface Modifications for Smart Textiles
Part 3: Future Trends and Conclusions
1. Introduction to Surface Modification Techniques
2. Plasma Treatments
3. Laser Treatments
4. Vapour Deposition Methods
5. Enhancing Surface Electrical Conductivity
6. Treatments with Nanoparticles
7. Use of Sol-Gel Technique
8. Enzyme Treatments
9. Grafting Onto Textile Fibre Surfaces
10. Emerging Surface Modification Approaches
Part 2: Applications of Surface Modified Textiles
11. Introduction to Applications of Surface Modified Textiles
12. Functional Properties: Antibacterial, Water Repellency, Flame Retardancy, etc.
13. Biomedical Applications of Surface Modified Textiles
14. Outdoor and Recreational Uses
15. Textiles in Fire Services
16. Textiles in Military
17. Industrial Utilisation of Surface Modified Textiles
18. Textiles in Sports and Performance Enhancement
19. Textiles in Communications and Technology
20. Textiles in Civil Engineering and Infrastructure
21. Fibre Surface Modifications for Aesthetic Purposes
22. Additional Chapter on Surface Modifications for Smart Textiles
Part 3: Future Trends and Conclusions