Department of Chemical Textile Technologies
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Department of Chemical Textile Technologies
Department of Chemical Textile Technologies
Department of Chemical Textile Technologies specializes in interdisciplinary research on textile materials and composites engineering. It develops technologies and functional materials, user and environment-friendly, applying innovative finishing processes, physico-chemical surface modification and nanotechnology, based on Circular Economy principles.
Activity scope:
- Development of interdisciplinary applications of textile materials
- Development of alternative methods for testing innovative textile materials
- Eco-design and waste management of textile materials and composites
- Scientific and technological expertise Standardization and training activities
Equipment facilities:
- Scanning electron microscope VEGA 3 LMU, TESCAN with EDS Oxford x-ray micro-analyzer
- Optical microscopes: stereoscopic OLYMPUS with PANASONIC camera, ZEISS Axio Imager A1
- Digital microscope DSX 10-TF, OLYMPUS
- Raman spectrometer InVia Reflex with confocal microscope, RENISHAW
- Infrared measurement set: FTIR Vertex 70 spectrometer, Hyperion 2000 microscope, TG-IR coupling kit with gas cuvette and MCT detector, ATR and DRIFTS attachments, BRUKE
- Differential scanning calorimeter DSC 204 F1 Phoenix, NETZSCH
- Thermogravimetric analyzer TG 209 F1 Libra –with FTIR coupling module, NETZSCH
- Thermal imaging camera Mobir M3
- Tensiometer Sigma 701, KSV
- DSA 100 – Automatic surface analysis system, KRÜSS
- PGX Goniometer, FIBRO SYSTEMS
- Printing Table SILK-B 480, MATHIS
- Padder machine ,MATHIS AG
- Unicoater Model 409, ERICHSEN
- Particle size analyzer Zetasizer ZS, MALVERN
- Corona discharge activator, METALCHEMHigh speed mill T2 SW, TRYMET
Head of Departament
Małgorzata Cieślak, PhD, DSc
phone: +48 42 25 34 405
e-mail: malgorzata.cieslak@iw.lukasiewicz.gov.pl