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Biobased products can produce luminescent textiles
Luminescent textiles can be created by using a bioluminescent reaction system. This is something that Sweta Iyer, with her newly-minted doctorate, has established. Her doctoral thesis in the field of Textile Technology at the University of BorĂĄs can now be useful in a number of different areas in society.
A neon-colored fish swims vividly through the sea, lighting up the water. As well as textile technology research. Sweta Iyer's doctoral thesis, "Luminescent textiles using biobased products—A bioinspired approach," is based on there being living organisms in nature with properties that humans can benefit from in many ways. One example is precisely how luminescence phenomena in nature, i.e., bodies emitting invisible cold light, can be used to create luminescent textiles.
The journey to this study began when Sweta Iyer, after graduating with a Master's degree in physical chemistry from the University of Mumbai in India, began working as a researcher at several textile companies.
"This gave me insight into both textile processes and the processing industry. The research field motivated me to go for a doctorate. The question that captured my interest was how new chemicals can be applied in textiles to achieve new functions. That question came to be the focus of my doctoral thesis," she says.
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-biobased-products-luminescent-textiles.html