The fabrics based on feathers and rice straw have the potential to offer even better performance, including the ability to withstand normal washing and ironing, the researchers say.
Chicken feathers and rice straw also could become “green” fabrics used in carpets, automobiles, building materials and a host of other everyday applications — all at potentially less cost and with novel and sometimes superior properties than their synthetic counterparts, the researchers say.
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Yiqi Yang, Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design and Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Narendra Reddy, Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, HE 234, East Campus, P.O. Box 830802, Lincoln, NE 68583-0802, Fax: 402-472-0640, nreddy2@unlnotes.unl.edu.
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