Novel nanocomposite fibres for technical textile applications Fox, Bronwyn, Looney, Mark G. and Magniez, Kevin 2005, Novel nanocomposite fibres for technical textile applications, in Nanocomposities 2005 : Proceedings of the 2005 Nanocomposities conference, [Nanocomposities], [San Francisco, Calif.]. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Novel nanocomposite fibres for technical textile applications Author(s) Fox, Bronwyn Looney, Mark G. Magniez, Kevin Conference name Nanocomposites. Conference (2005 : San Francisco, California) Conference location San Francisco, California Conference dates 22-24 August 2005 Title of proceedings Nanocomposities 2005 : Proceedings of the 2005 Nanocomposities conference Editor(s) [Unknown] Publication date 2005 Conference series Nanocomposites Conference Publisher [Nanocomposities] Place of publication [San Francisco, Calif.] Summary Technical textiles, based on advanced polymeric materials, are an important segment of the synthetic textile market. This area has seen considerable growth in recent times, now accounting for almost 25% of all manufactured synthetic fibres, and has driven the recent development of a range of specialist high performance polymer fibres that are stronger, lighter or have improved heat and fire resistance. However, the increasing size of the market has highlighted the need for materials that have improved performance whilst maintaining low manufacturing costs. These factors have resulted in a change in how new specialty fibres are developed and the emphasis in this field is now on the upgrading or improving of the properties of commodity (conventional) fibres by modifying their properties to suit specific applications. This paper will describe our work on preparing novel polymer nanocomposite fibres by the addition of clay nanoparticles during melt extrusion. The effect of the nanoparticles on the processing of the fibres and the result on the physical morphology and mechanical properties will be described. Language eng Field of Research 100708 Nanomaterials 091012 Textile Technology Socio Economic Objective 970110 Expanding Knowledge in Technology HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30025193 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Engineering Related Links Link Description Connect to conference website Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 16:01:30 EST Tue, 13 Apr 2010, 09:39:51 EST Tue, 13 Apr 2010, 09:44:52 EST Tue, 13 Apr 2010, 12:02:00 EST Tue, 13 Apr 2010, 12:02:45 EST Fri, 16 Apr 2010, 13:54:42 EST Fri, 16 Mar 2012, 17:52:44 EST Tue, 27 Aug 2013, 09:09:36 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 14:41:58 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 665 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 16:01:30 EST