Proceedings of the International Colloquium in Textile Engineering, Fashion, Apparel and Design 2014 (ICTEFAD 2014)

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Production of Bicomponent Polymer Droplets by Electrospraying....Pages 1-5
Characteristics of Electrospun PVA- Aloe vera Nanofibres Produced via Electrospinning....Pages 7-11
Puncture Strength of Natural Rubber Latex Coated Unidirectional Fabric After Heat Ageing....Pages 13-18
Modeling Plain Woven Composite Model with Isotropic Behavior....Pages 19-24
The Effect of Fabric Weave on the Tensile Strength of Woven Kenaf Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composite....Pages 25-29
Yarn Pull-Out and Shear Behaviour of Kevlar 29 Fabrics Coated with Natural Rubber Latex....Pages 31-36
Tensile Strength and Evenness of Kenaf/Polyester Blended Rotor-Spun Yarn....Pages 37-41
SMART Textiles: The Use of Embedded Technology on Tactile Textiles as Therapy for the Elderly....Pages 43-47
Thermal Energy Storage of Polyester Fabric Coated with Paraffin Liquid as Microencapsulated Phase Change Material (PCM)....Pages 49-52
Fabric Mechanical Properties: Human Versus Machine Interpretation....Pages 53-56
Upper Fitness Personal Assistant: Body-Guts....Pages 57-64
Surface Appearance Changes of Bio-finished Knitted Fabric....Pages 65-69
The Performance of Tenun Pahang Using Various Weft Yarn....Pages 71-77
Utilization of Eco-Colourant from Green Seaweed on Textile Dyeing....Pages 79-83
Dyeing of Polyester Using Natural Colorant from Melastoma malabathricum L.....Pages 85-88
Microwave-Enzyme-Assisted Extraction and Dyeing of Lichen Species: Parmotrema praesorediosum ....Pages 89-93
Microwave-Assisted Extraction as a Rapid Extraction to Produce Natural Dyes from Pycnoporus sanguineus Mushroom....Pages 95-98
Dyeing Properties and Absorption Study of Natural Dyes from Seaweeds, Kappaphycus alvarezii ....Pages 99-105
Reducing the Effluent Pollution by Using Trisodium Nitrilotriacetate in Batch Process of Dyeing Cotton Fabric with Fiber-Reactive Dyes....Pages 107-111
Fastness Properties and Color Analysis of Natural Colorants from Actinomycetes Isolates on Silk Fabric....Pages 113-118
Dyeing of Polyester and Polyester Microfibre with Natural Dye from Bacteria Source....Pages 119-123