FAST Research Impact 2022 EP02 - Metal-coated Textiles

Abstract

漂亮的服裝能夠讓人看起來容光煥發，賞心悅目。可是，生產色彩絢麗的服裝布料卻可能會嚴重破壞環境，因為紡織印染會產生大量污水和有害化學物質。 理大應用科學及紡織學院姜綬祥教授研發了一種無需使用水和化學物質的金屬氣化著色技術，可讓織物更具獨特光澤和色彩效果。姜教授的研發為污染嚴重的印染產業提供一個環保的選擇，因為這項著色技術不會產生有害排放物和工業廢物，亦沒有化學氣味。 Fashion can make people look beautiful and radiant. However, colourful clothes may harm the environment, as the textile dyeing and finishing industry generates chemical and water pollution on a huge scale. Prof. Kinor Jiang at the Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles of PolyU has developed metallised textiles with unique lustre and colour effects by applying sputter coating technology, a dry coating technology which doesn’t use any water or chemicals. Prof. Jiang’s research provides a clean alternative to traditional dyeing and finishing methods that cause significant pollution. The environmental benefits of his approach include no harmful emissions, no chemical odours and no industrial waste.