Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Roll-to-roll dip-coating of elastane with a dissolvable chitosan layer is introduced to enable recovery from fiber blends. This approach targets key recycling barriers, preserves elastane integrity, and may aid separation from mixed textile waste.
Source: RSC Applied Polymers
DOI: 10.1039/d5lp00213c
Authors: Eleanor C. Grosvenor, Malachi Cohen, Caterina Czibula, Emma M. Sellin, Kayla T. Ghezzi, Natalie C. Fisher, Jana B. Schaubeder, Sara E. Branovsky, Gabrielle N. Wood, Jeffrey J. Richards, Cécile A. C. Chazot
Language: English
Subfield: Polymers and Plastics
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funders: National Science Foundation, Northwestern University, 3M Foundation, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Harvard University, International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Northwestern University, Division of Materials Research, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, Center for Hierarchical Materials Design, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Awards: G1169090945, NNCI: Soft Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource, CAREER: Design Rules for Electrical Transport in Suspensions of Conductive Particles, Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), G2233802770, G2248407278, G2343375527, G3010471893, G3203750490, G3352712625, G3454132534, G3649998176, Northwestern University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, G4285583887, G4289625387, G4719189355, MRSEC: Center for Multifunctional Materials, G4912152698, G4958141111, G5218300437, G6101976803, G6540817556, G6671297155
OpenAlex ID: W4412570344