Pakistani scholar wins Intl prize for innovative textiles

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Pakistani scholar wins Intl prize for innovative textiles

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PhD scholar, Munir Ashraf, studying in GEMTEX France, has won a Prize for Innovative Textiles.

12 October,2011 04:16 pm

Ashraf was conferred the prize by Mr. Philippe Taquet, Vice President, French Academy of Science. Twelve researchers of 10 different nationalities studying in different universities of Europe presented their work for this prize.Munir’s work was declared the best and was awarded a prize of 10,000 euros with a certificate and a shield.“I developed a multi-functional textile by growing nano rods of ZnO on polyester fabric. This fabric cleans itself like lotus leaves. There is no possibility of its staining by colours dissolved in water but if it gets stained by colorants dissolved in low surface energy solvents like acetone, no need to wash it, just expose the fabric to UV light the colour will disappear automatically due to photocatalytic effect of ZnO.The fabric has ability to kill the bacteria if attached on the surface and hence it prevents their growth,” says Muneer.