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Biotechnology Congress 2018 & Emerging Materials 2018
Biomedical Research
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Volume 29
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allied
academies
Joint Event on
EMERGING MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
&
Annual Congress on
Global Congress on
Biomed Res 2018, Volume 29 | DOI: 10.4066/biomedicalresearch-C4-011
SMART EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
TO DEVELOPMENT CURTAINS AND
UPHOLSTERY FOR THEATERS AND
HOSPITALITY
Elsayed Ahmed Elnashar
Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt
S
mart emerging technology of self-cleaning concept has
achieved surprising interest because of their components
and extensive variety of conceivable applications in different
fields such as curtains and upholstery for theaters and
hospitality. A superhydrophobic surface with roll off angle
less than 10º is called self-cleaning. Because the rolling water
droplet takes away all the dust and dirt particles with it and
leaves the surface very clean. These self–cleaning surfaces
have numerous applications in diverse fields like textiles
as curtains and upholstery for theaters and hospitality, and
applications requiring anti-fouling and a reduction of drag
in fluid flow. In micro/nanochannels. The methods towards
integration of more than one functional property into one
fabric were carried out by functionalizing cotton fabric
with silver particles which was subsequently modified with
octyltriethoxysilane to make it hydrophobic. Various attempts
have been made to develop biologically self-cleaning textiles
by using some of above mentioned techniques for bacterial
growth prevention.
TECHNOLOGY AND
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OF
BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS IN
CHINA
Usman Khan Niazi
Kcomber Inc, China
A
s of 2015, there were mainly six types of biodegradable
plastics being produced in China, namely polylactic acid
(PLA), polybutylene succinate (PBS), polyhydroxyalkanoates
(PHA), starch-based materials, polypropylene carbonate
(PPC) and polycaprolactone (PCL). Currently in China,
these biodegradable plastics are mainly applied in packing
materials, agricultural film, and 3D printing. The increasing
demand from these fields has become a main force driving the
development of the Chinese biomaterial industry. For example,
in 2015, due to the prohibition of disposable plastic bags in
Jilin Province, there was a greater demand for biodegradable
packing materials, and in response, many Chinese producers
had increased their capacity of PLA. At present, the major
factor that hinders the development of biodegradable plastics
in China is the high price, the average of which is 2-5 times
as much as general-purpose plastics. For example, although
starched-based material is the cheapest amongst the six
biodegradable plastics, it’s more expensive than polyethylene
(PE), a kind of general-purpose plastic.