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Insightfree1 Nov 2018Researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have found that germ-carrying ticks struggle to move properly after contact with permethrin-treated garments
Technical27 Aug 2013In recent years we have been exploring the deposition of silicon (photovoltaic) cells directly onto standard polyester fabrics. This quest has been instigated through the realisation that amorphous/nanocrystalline films of silicon can be successfully deposited at a temperature as low as 200°C (Shirai et al, 1999, Löffler et al, 2006), a temperature well below the melt temperature of polyester fabrics (250-260°C), whereas the deposition of most other types of solar cell requires temperatures of at least 400°C.
