The clothes are fragrant

US scientists are looking for a technology that will save the fragrance on the fabric a long lasting, despite decades of washing.

Candied vanilla scents, self-cleaning carpets, fountains and other fragrant household products reached $ 3.4 billion last year. Researchers are now looking for ways to store fragrances on fabrics for longer.

Blankets, bedspreads or exercise clothing will give the wearer a sense of comfort when they are made from scented fabrics.

John Pierce, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Philadelphia and associate professor Fernando Tovia, and assistant professor Natalie Weathers, are in their second year in the three-year project to create this fabric. .

(Photo: Discovery) They are pursuing a new approach may be impregnated with the fragrance directly into the fabric. Traditional methods often rely on fine-grained ditches attached to the end of the thread after weaving the fabric. These particles emit fragrance when they are broken during normal use. But Pierce says there is a problem that these fragrances break before the fabric is put on sale, and then breaks again before the customer buys them.

He and his team have developed a new approach. It is soaked in the scent and color of the threads at the time of making them. The thread is essentially a core, covered with a layer of color and aroma. All are made in the same sewing.

Researchers claim that their fabrics retain fragrance after 10-15 washings, the equivalent of traditional weavers. But their fabric has cheaper production costs (no need to buy odor, as well as machinery to tie the fabric to the fabric.)

Recently the researchers used the yarn to weave about 100 sheets of scarves with colors such as purple, white and orange, with the scent of lavender and orange blossom, lemon. Volunteers in the study will wear this towel to assess their quality, to see if the scent makes life more poetic!

Manh Duc