cotton incorporated, which is the cary, n.c. based marketing and research company representative u.s. cotton importers and upland cotton has selected fibertect®, a nonwoven sanitization wipe created by researchers at the institute of environmental and human health tiehh, which is located at lubbock, texasbased texas tech university as one of the seven novel inventions that display versatility of cotton. in 2005, dr.seshadri ramkumar, who is the manager of the advanced and nonwoven materials laboratory at tiehh, and his group invented fibertect technology to fulfil the need of department of defense&39s for a mop that would absorb and neutralize liquids and gases that could be used in chemical warfare. the procedure to make fibertect has ever since received a u.s. patent. it is now used by the u.s. military to produce a lowcost decontamination mop. ramkumar said that, to be acknowledged by the u.s. cotton industry as one of seven innovations is humbling, as it symbolizes the realistic use of cotton technology created at texas tech. the requirements for decontamination mops, such as the type they&39ve created here at tiehh, were a main concern for the department of defence. years ago, they initiated the research, created a product and address a top national security issue. for the material, now they&rsquore finding even more uses. to develop a better absorbent material, the team at tiehh reengineered the mop&rsquos qualities to facilitate soaking up oil off the shores of the gulf of mexico next the explosion and sinking of deepwater horizon oil rig of bp off the coast of louisiana in the month of april 2010. amit kapoor is the president of first line technology, which is a chantilly, va.based commercial distributor of fibertect manufactured by waco that is a texasbased hobbs bonded fibers inc. amit mentioned that a lot of oil containment booms consists manmade materials like polypropylene. on the other hand, fibertect is created from raw carbon and cotton. the rest six innovations include sellars, a milwaukeebased co.&39s oilabsorbent cotton booms college station, which is a texasbased texas a&m university&39s genetically manufactured edible cottonseed chandler, which is a ariz.based bonded logic inc.&39s ultratouch&trade recycled denim insulation green island, which is a n.y.based ecovative design llc developed ecocradle&trade cotton plant packaging material ithaca, which is a n.y.based cornell university&39s cotton fabric that is electrically conductive and centre, which is an ala.based mulch & seed innovations llc&39s cotton mulch designed for erosion control. source of information httpwww.textileworld.comarticles2010novembercottonincorporatedselectsfibert…
