Fiber Society organized a comprehensive state-of-the-art conference in 1998. More than 100 papers presented by professional and student researchers from around the world. The origin and / or culmination of many significant advances in polymer science can be found in the field of fibrous materials.
Fiber Society organized a comprehensive state-of-the-art conference in 1998. More than 100 papers presented by professional and student researchers from around the world. The origin and / or culmination of many significant advances in polymer science can be found in the field of fibrous materials.
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Fiber Society organized a comprehensive state-of-the-art conference in 1998. More than 100 papers presented by professional and student researchers from around the world. The origin and / or culmination of many significant advances in polymer science can be found in the field of fibrous materials.
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To provide a forum for “technical celebration” of shop on Fiber Science-Technology-Management
100 years of modern fiber science, a period that Interfaces. began with the invention of viscose rayon, the The current special issue of the Journal of Ap- Fiber Society organized a comprehensive state-of- plied Polymer Science comprises a set of articles the-art conference which was held July 5–10, that is a representative fraction of the proceed- 1998. It brought together an international group ings of the 100 Years of Modern Fiber Science of experts to: Symposium. The full program and abstracts of all the articles can be found at the following Website: ● Examine critically the progress in fiber-re- www.fibersociety.org. lated science, engineering, and technology The origin and/or culmination of many signifi- ● Identify the current scientific and technolog- cant advances in polymer science can be found in ical challenges, and project the desired path- the field of fibrous materials. The functional re- ways for meeting them quirements of assemblies of organic polymer fi- bers have invariably required integration of The week-long conference comprised 30 invited, chemical and physical aspects of the materials state-of-the-art, keynote presentations in five ar- with the engineering aspects of the fabrication eas, namely: (i) Sources and Materials of Fibers; processes. The articles in this special issue of the (ii) Fiber Formation, Structure, and Properties; Journal of Applied Polymer Science should serve (iii) Yarns and Fabrics—Processes, Structures, well to exemplify this multi-disciplinary aspect of and Properties; (iv) Properties of Fiber Assem- blies; (v) Chemical Modifications of Fibrous Ma- fiber science. terials. In addition, poster sessions were held in each of these areas, with more than 100 papers presented by professional and student research- A. S. Abhiraman ers from around the world. The program also in- Georgia Institute of Technology cluded panel discussions on each day’s subject, a Chair, International Symposium 100 Years of mini-symposium on Sustainability, and a work- Modern Fiber Science
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 83, v (2002)