Who invented nano tex

Patent number: Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating fabrics to facilitate moisture transfer from one side of the fabric to the other, and fabrics made according to such methods. The fabrics generally have one side or surface of the fabric treated with a net hydrophobic composition, whereas the opposing surface of the fabric is not treated with the net hydrophobic composition. Type: Grant. Filed: October 24, Date of Patent: November 30, Assignee: Nano-Tex, Inc.

Inventors: William B. Stockton, William Ware, Jr. Methods for marking fibrous substrates. Abstract: The present invention is directed to the preparation of fibrous substrates, including textiles, marked with colloidal particle nanobar codes, to the fibrous substrates so prepared, and to methods for detecting the nanobar codes on the fibrous substrates for use in quality control, counterfeiting, and the like.

Filed: February 20, Date of Patent: February 16, Inventors: David A. Offord, William Ware, Jr. Hydrophilic finish for fibrous substrates. The production of nanofibers is an industrial field that is still writing its own history. Nanotex is among the Czech and European pioneers in this area.

In , we introduced a project for the construction of a plant to produce nanofibers and textile laminates. At the same time, we started to work on the development of nanofibrous textile materials, officially launching the project in In addition to selling our own product lines, we are also engaged in custom manufacturing.

Like better-known treatments such as Scotchgard from 3M Corp. The chemical alters molecules on the surface of fabric fibers. Nano-Tex's flagship anti-spill treatment aligns those fibers - called "nano-whiskers" - so that they point straight up, like spears. Because each whisker lies less than one H2O molecule apart from another, a liquid-repelling barrier is created, explains Dave Offord, Nano-Tex's ponytailed chief scientific officer and its first employee.

While the barrier is great at blocking liquids, it also blocks soap and water from reaching ground-in stains. So Offord, who has a Ph. Such treatments alter the feel, or the "hand," of clothing, making it feel thicker and rougher, although Nano-Tex does mitigate that by adding softeners. That godsend for business travelers, wrinkle-free cotton, was invented in the s by a Department of Agriculture scientist who knitted tiny fibers into a chain mail pattern.

The downside is the chains are so rigidly linked that moisture, particularly sweat, can't pass through. That makes clothes feel sticky. A Nano-Tex treatment loosens the chains just enough so that water molecules can pass through, while keeping the clothes smartly pressed.

The company's anti-static treatment also is clever.