Brian McCarthy, Technitex Faraday Ltd

'Integrated Multi scale modeling for garment design'

Professor George Stylios, The Research Institute for Flexible Materials (RIFleX)

(Not available on proceedings CD)

'SMART garments, incorporating sensors capable of wireless connections with the outside world’

Dermot Diamond, National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR)

'Introducing Sensing Capabilities into Textiles'

• The Goal is to merge sensing with the textile (disappearing sensor)
• The Challenge to move beyond physical sensing (various movements, temperature..) to chemical and biological measurements
• What can emerging developments in fundamental materials science offer to help meet this challenge?

Dr Vinod Dhanak, Liverpool University

'Enhancing the properties of Nylon with Silica nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes'

Richard Moore, IoN

'Plasma surface functionalisation of textiles'

Dr Marc Behl, GKSS-Institute of Polymer Research, Teltow

(Not available on proceedings CD)

‘Shape-Memory Polymers’

Andreas Scherrieble, ITV-Denkendorf

‘Textile functionalisation with nano-dimensional material’

Prof Jinlian Hu, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

‘Adaptive Polymers and Textile Products for Skin Care Uses’

Daniel Lynch, Technical Director, Exilica Limited

(Not available on proceedings CD)

‘Absorbent Beads and Hollow Silica Shells – Novel Transport Additives in Smart Textiles’

Chris Chadwick, Arch Chemicals

'Textile Antimicrobials'

• The impact of bacteria on textiles and their consumers
• Understanding how PHMB binds to textiles at molecular level
• Environmental benefits of Purista treated textiles

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