New fibres / Tatsuya Hongu & Glyn O. Phillips.

CONTENTS

1 Birth of the new fibers

1.1 Background
1.2 Transition to new fibers

2. The super-fiber with new performance

2.1 Two streams of the super- fiber
2.2 The quest for a strong fiber
2.3 From ''shisk kebab'' to ''gel-spinning''
2.4 The aramid fiber race in Europe, the USA and japan
etc

3 High-touch fiber

3.1 A silk-like fiber that surpasses natural silk
3.2 The challenge of the ultra-fine fiber
3.3 The skin-like fabric Exceltech
3.4 Chameleonic fabrics
etc

4 Biomimec Chemistry and fibers

4.1 Application of morphology/structures
4.2 Hybridisation technology

5 Biopolymer frontiers

5.1 Mimicking the function of enzymes and co-enzymes
5.2 Polysaccharides in semiconductors and medicine
5.3 Biomass of crab and shrimp shells
5.4 New applications of silk
etc

6 Progression of high tech- fibers

6.1 Utilization of un used resources
6.2 Biotechnology and fibers
6.3 Electronics and fibers
6.4 Cars and fibers
etc

7 New high-tech fibers and shin-gosen

7.1 Various categories of high tech-fibers
7.2 Development of shin-gosen
7.3 Design od specialist fibers
7.4 Fabrics for relaxation using 1/f fluctuations
etc

8 Cellulosic fibers

8.1 New solvent systems
8.2 New cellulosic fiber derivatives
8.3 New environmental and cost saving developments
8.4 Life- cycle assessment

9 Fibers for the next millennium

9.1 High-tenacity and high-modulus fibers
9.2 Microdenier (ultra-fine) fibers and biomimetic
9.3 The next stage : Technological improvements
9.4 The next century: respect for people's quality of life and harmony with nature
etc

Subject indexes : p. 248-257.