Recycling textiles : The use of ionic liquids in the separation of cotton polyester blends De Silva,R, Wang,X and Byrne,N 2014, Recycling textiles : The use of ionic liquids in the separation of cotton polyester blends, RSC Advances, vol. 4, no. 55, pp. 29094-29098, doi: 10.1039/c4ra04306e. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Recycling textiles : The use of ionic liquids in the separation of cotton polyester blends Author(s) De Silva,R Wang,X orcid.org/0000-0002-3549-6769 Byrne,N orcid.org/0000-0002-9474-7644 Journal name RSC Advances Volume number 4 Issue number 55 Start page 29094 End page 29098 Total pages 5 Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry Place of publication Cambridge, U. K. Publication date 2014-06-19 ISSN 2046-2069 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Physical Sciences Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Chemistry POLY(ETHYLENE-TEREPHTHALATE) PET POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE BIO-ETHANOL CELLULOSE WASTE DISSOLUTION HYDROLYSIS GLYCOLYSIS PRODUCTS SOLVENT Summary Textiles are commonly made from intimate blends of polyester and cotton, which makes recycling very difficult. We report for the first time the use of ionic liquid in the separation of polyester cotton blends. By selective dissolution of the cotton component, the polyester component can be separated and recovered in high yield. This finding presents an environmentally benign approach to recycling textile waste. © 2014 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Language eng DOI 10.1039/c4ra04306e Field of Research 091202 Composite and Hybrid Materials 091012 Textile Technology Socio Economic Objective 860403 Natural Fibres HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2014, Royal Society of Chemistry Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30069082 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Institute for Frontier Materials GTP Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system 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, 16 Jan 2015, 14:24:43 EST Sat, 17 Jan 2015, 04:01:31 EST Sat, 24 Jan 2015, 05:06:26 EST Fri, 30 Jan 2015, 13:13:54 EST Fri, 30 Jan 2015, 13:14:29 EST Fri, 30 Jan 2015, 13:20:20 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 36 times in TR Web of Science Cited 41 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1444 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 16 Jan 2015, 14:24:43 EST