Performance of Home Textiles - Hardcover

Das, Subrata

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857090070 ISBN 13: 9780857090072

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing India, 2010

Synopsis

This book provides an overview of the types of fibres used in home textiles and the key issues relating to product development, industry standards, regulatory aspects, and evaluation systems. An understanding of these topics can assist the designer or manufacturer in developing product performance and quality in line with the value addition and to maintain the basic concept underlying in green consumerism. The books emphasis is on how to achieve the commercial success of the desired end product through knowledge of the key markets producing various home textiles, scope of development through sustainable and eco-friendly fibres, evaluation systems and above all safety aspects and environmental regulations.

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About the Author

Dr. Subrata Das is a distinguished materials scientist in India and a Senior Scientist at CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram since mid-2017. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian School of Mines Dhanbad (presently known as Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad) in 2010. In mid-2011, he joined the Optoelectronic Research Laboratory in the Chemical Engineering Department of National Taiwan University. He was selected for the National Science Council post-doctoral fellowship in Taiwan in 2013. His research focuses on down-converted phosphors for lighting and display applications, upconverted nanophosphors for sensor and imaging applications, persistent or dark glow phosphors for energy-saving displays, and night vision applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing India
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857090070
• ISBN 13: 9780857090072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244