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Tough cotton

Nature Nanotechnology volume 3, pages 458–459 (2008)Cite this article

Cotton is an important raw material for producing soft textiles and clothing. Recent discoveries in functionalizing cotton fibres with nanotubes may offer a new line of tough, wearable, smart and interactive garments.

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Figure 1: Possible applications of cotton.

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  1. Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design at Cornell University, Alba G. Avila and Juan P. Hinestroza are at the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory, Ithaca, New York USA. jh433@cornell.edu,

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