Functional and Decorative Textile Products through Sputtering Technology

Functional and decorative metallic textiles for high-end fashion and accessory designs

With a non-aqueous process and sputtering technology, silver, titanium and stainless steel particles are evenly coated on silk and polyester fabrics. New textile products with novel decorative and functional properties and metallic appearance are created, which will inspire new fashion designs and have potentials of broad applications. The project has three components: 1) New approach to metallizing fabric for functional and decorative textiles; 2) Analysis of properties of metallized silk and polyester textiles; and 3) Prototypes of novel metallic textile design.

Special Features and Advantages

The project creates a new approach to produce metallized textiles with anti-static, bacteria growth control, and radiation shielding properties. Particularly, the materials have soft hand feel and novel decorative effects, and thus have potential of broad applications. Besides, the technology is a non-aqueous process and therefore environmental friendly

Applications

Broad applications are anticipated for the technology developed in the project. Due to the super functional properties, as mentioned above, and the novel decorative effects, metallized textiles can be used for luxury fashion designs, such as evening gowns, various home textile products, and functional garment

Awards & Patent

Silver Prize - JeansWest Competition, China (Oct 2015)
Bronze Prize - Fabrics China and China International Fabrics Design, China (Feb 2015)
Silver Medal - 40th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Switzerland (Apr 2012)
Special Award from Romanian Association for Nonconventional Technologies, Bucharest, Romania (Apr 2012)

Patent Application No.:

200910209008.8 (China)

Principal Investigator

Dr Kinor JIANG

Institute of Textiles and Clothing

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Functional and Decorative Textile Products through Sputtering Technology

Functional and decorative metallic textiles for high-end fashion and accessory designs