Application of Nanotechnology in Modern Textiles: A Review

Abstract

Nanotechnology is considered as one of the most promising technologies for the 21st century. Nanoscience along with nanotechnology encompasses the study and application of very small things and can be used across all the other science fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, and engineering. This technology overcomes the drawback of applying traditional methods to impart certain properties to textile materials. There is no hesitation that in the upcoming years, nanotechnology will break through into every vicinity of the textile industry. Application of nanotechnology in modern textile lies in areas where innovative principles will be combined into long-lasting, multifunctional textile structures without compromising the intrinsic textile properties including aesthetic, breathability, flexibility etc. The current condition of nanotechnological use in textiles arena is reviewed with an emphasis on improving various properties of textiles.