APPROACH

The project will be conducted iteratively and in four main development steps, which include the development of the anchor peptide-based hydrophobic and oleophobic agents, the development and optimisation of the finishing formulations, the development of the finishing process technology, and the demonstration of the functional properties in relevant industrial applications.

At DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials the development of the anchor peptide-based hydrophobic and oleophobic finishes takes place. Anchor peptides and bio-compounds will be tested regarding their water and oil repellence properties.

Using the above agents as base material, the finishing formulations and the finishing process technology will be developed and the optimised finishing formulations and an industrially viable finishing process technology will be developed by the Institute of Textile Technology (ITA). SCHÜLER & CO. K.G. will scale up the finishing process technologies developed by ITA for the end applications on the selected textile materials. Subsequently, the demonstrators are developed by adidas and Ibena, thus evaluating their technical and economical performance.