Arzu Yavaş

Pamukkale University · Department of Textile Engineering

Agricultural waste of banana plant cultivated for only fruit production generally increases in each year due to the increment of banana cultivation to fulfill the need of increased world population. Evaluation of agricultural waste of banana plant as fiber increases the area of use of banana fiber. Because of its easy accessibility, renewability, b...

Composite materials are among the leading actors of today. Composite materials are known as important engineering materials due to their superior mechanical properties. We are now witnessing the life form of composite materials in many different applications. Due to increasing environmental concerns, the importance, and the application areas of bio...

Music is an indispensable part of most of our lives. We now see the use of textile fibers in many different musical instruments, as well as in classical fields such as clothing and home textiles. For this purpose, recently, composites reinforced with textile fibers have attracted attention in the production of musical instruments. Indeed, textile f...

Chitosan is the second most abundant polysaccharide in nature after cellulose and has been extensively used in cosmetics, food and environmental protection, and material sciences. It has also many different application fields in textile. One of them is printing. Chitosan has been applied on fabrics prior to printing to enhance color or it has been...

Sustainable textile design without harming the environment nowadays is one of the most important issues in the textile industry. Environmental concerns lead various researchers and artists to find and explore the applicability of more sustainable, renewable, and environment-friendly resources for fibers and colorants. In here, bacteria can help us....

Sustainability is to maintain the ability to be permanent while ensuring productivity and continuity of diversity. Sustainability is one of the biggest problems in the textile industry. Indeed, sustainable design is an indispensable element of today’s production world from the ecology point of view. The solution is to take into account the ecologic...

The textile and fashion industry is one of the oldest and largest industries in the world, and sustainability, which is important in all sectors, is also very important for textile and fashion sector. Nowadays, unfortunately, the textile industry has become one of the sectors that may cause noteworthy environmental damages. The culture of rapid con...

Nowadays, interest in sustainable and renewable-origin textile fiber usage on textile design and fashion is increasing with the increasing environmental problem. Therefore, sustainable textile designs made from renewable biodegradable, sustainable, and natural fiber alternatives has become a recent trend. The textile industry is now turning its fac...

The textile and fashion industry is one of the oldest and largest sectors in the World. In the textile industry, it is possible to create both functional and artistic designs by using different materials and different techniques together in harmony. However, it is very important that the applied process types should not harm the environment and liv...

Natural dyes and pigments could be obtained from insects, plants, and animals. Natural dyes have been utilized in the dyeing of wool, cotton, and silk since the prehistoric ages. The first applications of natural dyes on textile fibers are estimated to have started in Mesopotamia and India in 4000 BC. In these first dyeing trials, it is thought tha...

The structure and use of textile products can provide necessary conditions for microorganism, which can easily live in many environments leading to proliferation. Bacteria and fungi are the most important microorganisms for textile industry. Body temperature is an important factor for the growth of fungi and bacteria in the body, but also the amoun...

White and naturally colored organic cotton fiber usage and its production as textile end-products have been one of the new considerable efforts to reduce the waste generated during wet textile processing stages. This paper has focused on evaluation of the mechanical and air permeability properties of plain, twill and ribs fabrics made of unique whi...

3D Printing is a kind of additive manufacturing. 3D printers create three dimensional objects by using various methods. 3D printers can be used in automotive and aerospace industries, in consumer goods industries, in military, in medical applications and in food industries along with fashion. There are various 3D printing studies and applications o...

3D Printing is a kind of additive manufacturing. 3D printers create three dimensional objects by using various methods. 3D printers can be used in automotive and aerospace industries, in consumer goods industries, in military, in medical applications and in food industries along with fashion. There are various 3D printing studies and applications o...

The usage of horse hair as a textile material can be traced to the old ages. Although many animalhair fibers have lost their importance by the introduction of synthetic fibers into our lives, special fibers suchas horsehair have been able to survive in some unique applications. Horse hair fiber exhibits durability,stiffness, antibacterial, antifung...

The usage of horse hair as a textile material can be traced to the old ages. Although many animal hair fibers have lost their importance by the introduction of synthetic fibers into our lives, special fibers such as horsehair have been able to survive in some unique applications. Horse hair fiber exhibits durability, stiffness, antibacterial, antif...

Raffia fiber, a trending lignocellulosic fiber peeled from palm tree leaves, has a potential to be used as a reinforcement fiber for composite structures as well as its use in home decoration, summer clothes and accessories. Raffia fiber is often applied to various treatment processes during its use. Alkalinity level and temperature of these treatm...

Manufacturers continuously begin a quest of sustainable materials, methods and technology to meet the consumer's demand for more environmentally friendly products as a result of enhanced environmental conscious. Denim jeans, having a wide range of usage, are one of the product groups with high environmental impact within the textile industry. Resea...

Energy conservation has a critical role in sustainable future for both economic and environmental aspects. The development of manufacturing methods requiring less energy has become a necessity for every industry, especially for the textile industry. The textile industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world. Particularly, textile col...

Kapok lifi, “ceiba pentandra” olarak da bilinen kapok ağacının meyvesi içerisinde bulunan bir tür tohum lifidir. İçi boş tüp yapısı, hidrofobik/oleofilik karakteri, düşük yoğunluğu ve su üzerinde batmadan yüzebilme kabiliyeti ile bilinen selülozik liflerden farklı bir profil sergileyen kapok lifleri ayrıca kolay ulaşılabilir, yenilenebilir, biyoboz...

In this study, cotton fiber fabrics were coated with polyacrylate-based polymer paste containing huntite–hydromagnesite by knife over roll process. The flame retardancy properties of the cotton fabrics were tested according to vertical flame test, limit oxygen index (LOI) test, smoldering cigarette and match flame tests. Thermal behavior of cotton...

Cotton has been used for many years in many different regions of the world. It is a strategic fiber owing to its wide usage leading to high employment opportunities in textile sector. Turkey has a considerable contribution on the world textile and apparel industry with its cotton fiber growing capacity and textile and clothing manufacturing capacit...

Processing of fibers into textile materials requires the usage of extensive water, energy, chemical and other related resources. Dyeing processes may cause environmental pollution due to its chemical dyestuff and dyeing process auxiliary usage. There are some new considerable efforts for reducing the ecological hazard and waste generated during tex...

It is widely known that conventionally grown cotton fiber/fabrics/apparel has chemical residues on the cotton which may cause cancer and some other health related troubles. It is also certain that organic cotton production does not consume most synthetically compounded chemicals (fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, growth regulators and defolian...

Cotton fiber properties are one major issue to estimate the sale price, to optimize the production process of the highest yarn quality with the lowest level of fiber lost. Fiber properties are influenced by fiber genetic codes, growing conditions of humidity, temperature, and soil content of the land. In this study, examined white and naturally col...

In this study, crease resistance finish with sol–gel method, crosslinking method and commercial crease resistant finish products were applied to hemp biofiber cellulosic fabrics and the effects of these studied methods on hemp fabrics were investigated by physical performance tests and characterization analyses. In addition, chitosan biopolymer was...

Energy consumption is one of the most serious problems of recent time and it has a great importance for a sustainable future. The development of production methods that require less energy is critical for every industry. Textile coloration processes in the textile industry are the main processes requiring high energy and water consumption. In this...

The production of textile materials increases day by day due to the population growth, increasing consumption and fashion trends. This rapid increase in production triggers the demand of raw materials and causes the consumption of valuable clean water and energy resources. Chemical waste and greenhouse gas that grows out of chemical reactions harm...

Incorporation of iron ores as additive in coating polymers to improve certain properties of textile surfaces has recently attracted increasing interest due to their low cost, distinctive characteristic properties, availability, and easy application. On the other hand, the mechanical and multifunctional effects of these ores on textile surfaces afte...

The success of suture yarn depends upon its tensile and bending properties. As sutures pass through the tissue, it should possess enough strength to hold the tissue together and should be flexible so as to be knotted. The aim of the present work was to improve the strength of silk suture without affecting its bending properties. Silk sutures were f...

In this study, the possible improvement of the antibacterial and wrinkle resistance performance of 100% nettle fabrics was investigated. To realise this aim, antibacterial and wrinkle resistance finishing processes were applied. 1,2,3,4-Butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) and sodium hypophosphite (SHP) were used to impart the wrinkle resistance prope...

Every year in the regions of tropical and sub-tropical climates, tons of pineapple plant leaves are left as agrowaste material since pineapple plant is mostly farmed for its fruit. In order to utilize the obtained waste, pineapple fibers are extracted from the pineapple leaves by conventional methods and used for traditional purposes such as variou...

Pineapple fiber, extracted from agro-waste pineapple leaves, is a natural lignocellulosic fiber. In this study, pineapple fabrics were bleached with peracetic acid which is an eco-friendly and powerful bleaching agent for natural cellulosic fibers. The colorimetric properties of bleached pineapple fabric samples were evaluated based on various blea...

Radiation treatments are increasingly being used for adding value in coloration, antifielding, printing and coating of textile materials and gamma ray is one of the promising surface modification methods especially for textile applications. Gama rays have the smallest wavelengths and the highest energy levels (above 100 keV and wavelength less than...

In the recent years, environment-friendly materials from renewable sources are becoming more and more important for textile production. Therefore sustainable natural fibers like coir etc. represent an opportunity from the environmental perspective. Coir fibers are lingo-cellulosic and also not expensive. Moreover, enzymes have found a place in some...

Environmental bell rings for danger about the world future sustainability. Every people in the world has an important role for sharing today’s resources with future generations so the usage of eco-friendly materials and production methods are becoming more and more important for sustainable future. Pineapple fiber is a natural fiber which is extrac...

Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) fibers become prominent amongst high performance fibers with their chemical, heat and flame resistance properties. These fibers have a wide range of usage mainly in transportation textiles, industrial textiles, medical textiles due to not only their wear and abrasion resistances but also their biocompatibility and nonh...

In this study, the possible improvement of the antibacterial and wrinkle resistance performance of 100% nettle fabrics was investigated. To realise this aim, antibacterial and wrinkle resistance finishing processes were applied. 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA) and sodium hypophosphite (SHP) were used to impart the wrinkle resistance prope...

In the study it was aimed to print cotton fabrics with natural dye sources to respond the demands on the natural products and cleaner production. For this purpose, bleached, bleached and mercerized cotton fabrics were colored by pigment printing method with the use of the extracts obtained from the five different natural dye sources "pomegranate pe...

Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) is one of the most promising polymer that can be used in building textiles due to its high melting temperature, excellent radiation, electrical and chemical resistance properties. Also, ETFE is a transparent material and has an approximate 85-95% light transmission. Therefore, it can be used as an alternative to...

High performance fibers have usually more crystalline structure and less amorphous regions. However, polyetherimide (PEI) fiber is an exceptional one with its more amorphous structure in comparison with other high performance fibers. Therefore, PEI can be colored easily compared to other high performance fibers which exhibit akin properties. Polyet...

Humanbeing has been dressed throughout the human history due to the covering need of their body for many different reasons. However, nowadays, people desire textile products which could exhibit different functional performances. It is possible that new functional properties can be imparted to textile products with various textile finishing process...

Importance of technical textile applications has become more and more important for the textile industry. Many textile producers in the world are trying to develop new ideas and studies collaboration with researchers for futuristic textile applications. Today, it is possible to find significantly different technical textile applications which are b...

Pineapple leaf fiber, as is evident from its name, is a natural fiber that is obtained from pineapple plant. Tons of pineapple leaves are wasted every year since pineapple plant is mostly cultivated for only fruit production. Pineapple fiber has high cellulose content in their structure and is known to be a useful textile material with excellent me...

Ananas yaprağı lifleri, adından da anlaşılacağı gibi ananas bitkisinin yapraklarından elde edilen doğal bir lif türüdür. Ananas bitkisi genellikle meyvesi için yetiştirildiğinden, her yıl tonlarca ananas yaprağı tarımsal atık olarak ortaya çıkmaktadır. Yapılarındaki selüloz oranı oldukça yüksek olan bu lifler, üstün mekanik özellikleri ve suyu seve...

PIPD fibers produced from PIPD polymer, poly{2,6-diimidazo[4,5-b:4′,5′-e]-pyridinylene-1,4(2,5-dihydroxy)phenylene}, differ from other high performance fibers with higher strength, higher modulus, higher compressive strength and greater termal-fire resistance. PIPD fibers, one of the fibers with the highest compressive strength, are used in protect...

High performance polyethylene (HPPE) fibers exhibit high strength, high elasticity modulus as well as superior performance with their low density and high mechanical properties. HPPE fibers are generally produced by gel-spinning process. They display not only high abrasion and fatigue resistance, but also exhibit resistance to most chemicals. These...

ZET Yüksek performanslı lifler arasında önemli liflerden biri olan polifenilen sülfid (PPS) lifleri, kimyasallara dayanımı ve termal kararlığı ile yüksek performanslı lif pazarının önemli liflerinden biridir. PPS lifleri çeşitli formlarda teknik tekstillerin birçok alanında kullanılmaktadır. Her ne kadar koruyucu teknik tekstiller ve taşımacılık te...

The nettle plant is an industrial crop, different parts of which can be used as food, fodder, and as a raw material for different product purposes in cosmetics, medicine, industry, biodynamic agriculture, and textiles. Nettle fibre usage provides bio-degradable, renewable, sustainable, and eco-friendly textile production and requires low energy con...

Nature has an excellent system for ages which makes the world sustainable. Sustainability of this system definitely depends on the conservation of this continual cosmos. Nowadays, sustainability has become the most important issue for each individual industry. The usage of natural and natural-based raw materials is one of the considerable steps fo...

ZET 'Hiperotreti' olarak da bilinen balık asalakları kendilerini tehlike altında hissettiklerinde vücutları üzerinde bulunan salgı bezlerinden mukusa benzer bir sıvı salgılar. Bu salgı içerisinde bulunan lifler bugüne dek bilinen en tok lifler arasındadırlar. Yaklaşık 15 cm uzunluğunda ve ortalama 1-3 μm çapında olan bu lifler birçok doğal ve sente...

PBO (poly-p-phenylenbenzobisoxazole) fibers which step forward among other high performance fibers due to its excellent strength and flame resistance properties have a widespread usage in almost all technical textile areas. PBO can be used in different forms such as fiber, yarn, fabric (knitted or woven), nonwoven or composite. The most striking un...

Soybean protein fibres (SPF), which is a protein based botanic fibre, has various beneficialproperties such as softness, brightness, smoothness, drape, UV and bacterial resistance. These fibers areused in production of various yarn blends, woven, knit and nonwoven fabrics to manufature apperal andhome textiles such as t-shirts, bedding, sweater and...

Sun, which is a life source for humans, plants and animals, radiates rays with different wavelengths. A part of these rays are referred to UV rays, and high dosage of these rays can result in many negative effects on humans such as allergies, sunburns, skin aging and even skin cancer. Textile products can be used to prevent these negative effects....

Polybenzimidazole (PBI) fibers are produced from polybenzimidazole polymer which has a high thermal and chemical strength with a long chain aromatic structure. These fibers are first used in protective technical textile products due to their good moisture regain and textile performance properties like good hand and drape. Today, in addition to prot...

Soybean fiber (SPF) is a protein based botanic fibre. These fibers exhibit very good physical properties such as brightness, softness and drape. Moreover, SPF has a variety of health functionalities and anti-bacterial properties. Fibers were first produced in the 20th mid-century. However due to the significant challenges encountered during the pro...

Polybenzimidazole (PBI) polymer which has an excellent thermal and chemical resistance is one of the most important polymer class for high performance textile industry. A PBI fiber is formed of a long chain aromatic polymer having integrated imidazole groups that can be used in different textile forms such as fibers, fabrics, nonwovens for various...

Although madder (Rubia tinctorum) has been used as a well-known natural textile dye source for dyeing of natural fibers such as wool, silk and cotton, 100 % polyester dyeing with madder is not common. In this study, polyester samples were dyed with madder at different dyeing temperatures, from 60 °C to 130 °C, in company with 7 chemical and 5 natur...

In this study, cotton fabrics were dyed with Papaver rhoeas flowers (petals) in company with four different mordant chemicals via pre-mordanting method. The effect of cationizing was investigated. Colorimetric properties, colour fastness (wash, alkali and acid perspiration, wet and dry rub and light fastness) values and antibacterial activity were...

Natural dyes are the heritage of the history to human being. Although they were used for the colouration of goods from the ancient time, it is not common to use natural dyes commercially now. But at least in some special goods it is saving its popularities too. On the other hand, it can be foreseen that the demand on the ecological, natural and org...

In this study, a natural dye extraction was carried out to isolate dyestuff extract powder from the waste barks of Turkish red pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) timber which is not a common natural dyestuff source. The natural dyestuff powder obtained was applied to cotton, flax, wool, silk, tencel, polyamide and acrylic fibers accompanied by simultaneous a...

Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2), having liquid-like densities, hereby provides hydrophobic dyes an advantage on dissolving. Their gas-like low viscosities and diffusion properties can lead to shorter dyeing durations compared to conventional water dyeing process. Supercritical carbon dioxide dyeing, a novel dyeing process, is an anhydrous dyei...

In this study, causticized and un-causticized viscose fabrics were printed with reactive dye. Fixation of printed viscose fabrics with reactive dyes was only possible under steaming conditions. Reactive printed samples (untreated and causticized) were treated with radiofrequency and steam combination. Color efficiencies of the samples fixated with...

ÖZET: Poli(trimetilen tereftalat) (PTT), yüksek elastikiyeti ile dikkat çeken ve dispers boyarmaddelerle boyanabilen bir aromatik poliesterdir. Düşük camlaşma sıcaklığı (Tg) sayesinde kaynama sıcaklığında ve atmosferik basınç altında, carrier gibi yardımcı maddelere ihtiyaç duyulmadan kolaylıkla boyanabilmektedir. PTT lifleri düşük Tg sıcaklığı değ...

ABSTRACT: PBT(Poly (buthylene terephtalate)) is an (semi) aromatic polyester. Due to their high elasticity property and ease of dyeing at lower temperatures, PBT fibers are started to be used popularly in the textile industry, especially in carpet manufacture and in many other textile applications and these fibres are being used globally with an in...

ABSTRACT: Poly(trimethylene terephtalate) (PTT) is an aromatic polyester which has remarkable properties. Due to its superior properties, PTT becomes popular in textile industry. In the first years of PTT production, PTT material could not capture expected attention due to its high raw material costs. However, after the reduction on raw material co...

This study reveals an exergetic analysis of the reactive and pigment printing processes. Exergy models of the printing processes were formed and each step examined in terms of exergetic parameters. In the printing machine, the reactive printing process led to a higher specific exergy use due to the penetration requirement of the printing paste. The...

Discharge printing of cotton fabrics with sodium- and zinc formaldehyde sulphoxylate with different fixation conditions was discussed in this study. Superheated steam, saturated steam and thermofixation were used for fixation processes. It was observed that steam based fixations resulted in the higher discharging effects, while thermofixation lead...

The aim of this study was the development of a prototype machine for the processing of fabrics, which can be used as a reactor for the continuous finishing processes. The optimum applicator design for fabrics was developed in accordance with laboratory-scale experimental studies. Reactive printed samples were treated with the combination of radio f...