Textiles and the Textile Research and Industries in the Twenty-first Century

摘要

The developments in textiles and textile industries are expected to progress of accelerating rates in the new century. Several factors have come to act synergistically to boost these developments. Some of which are new ideas and new technologies, the progress of other areas of science, the collective efforts of multi-discipline researchers, the usage of new tools and methods to study and develop textiles, the speeding up of communication amongst researchers, and the increase in applicability and usage of textiles.