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  • Altered properties: Introducing a novel circular cellulose–based binder for printing textile finishes

Ribul, Miriam, 2023, Journal Article, Altered properties: Introducing a novel circular cellulose–based binder for printing textile finishes Materials Circular Economy, 5 (20). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2524-8154

Abstract or Description:

Technologies for regenerating post-consumer cellulose-based textiles are heralded as one of the solutions in achieving a circular economy for textiles. These chemical recycling processes are often focused on the like-for-like replacement of environmentally impactful textile fibres with waste-derived man-made cellulosic fibres. Regenerated cellulose materials that are not suitable for the fibre process remain unconsidered in the commercial drive to up-scale circular chemical recycling technologies. Within this technological landscape connected to bio-derived cellulose-based textiles, there are synthetic binders that are conventionally used in textile finishing techniques such as printing. However, these form a barrier to a material’s circularity. This research shows how regenerated cellulose, obtained from post-consumer textiles waste, was introduced for the first time as a print binder in textile screen printing. The innovation resulted from applying a material-driven textile design (MDTD) methodology for new circular design practices in materials science. The resulting properties were qualitatively and quantitatively compared to three types of petroleum-based textile processes that hinder a cellulose-based textile material’s circularity: puff binder, plastisol, and thermoforming. The results demonstrated a significant reduction in temperature for textile finishing, as well as novel mono-material cellulose-based processes for fabric manipulation, textile print, and textile shape. The conclusions discuss the potential of these processes to benefit an increase in future circularity for finished regenerated cellulose-based textiles.

Subjects: Other > Physical Sciences > F200 Materials Science
Other > Technologies > J400 Polymers and Textiles > J420 Textiles Technology > J421 Textile Chemistry
Other > Technologies > J400 Polymers and Textiles > J490 Polymers and Textiles not elsewhere classified
Creative Arts and Design > W200 Design studies > W230 Clothing/Fashion Design > W231 Textile Design
School or Centre: Research Centres > Materials Science Research Centre
Funders: AHRC London Doctoral Design Centre (LDoC)
Identification Number or DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42824-023-00089-3
Date Deposited: 09 Aug 2024 10:18
Last Modified: 09 Aug 2024 10:18
URI: https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/5930
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