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Self-cleaning molecularly engineered active fabric fully eliminates need for detergents or use of UV activated titanium dioxide coatings

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-fabric-detergent.html "ultrahigh-density sulfonate surface forms continuous/ robust hydration coating on wide range of fabrics, including hydrophilic cotton/ hydrophobic polypropylene... enables coated fabrics to cleanse themselves of various contaminants, including food/ beverage stains, oily residues, harmful bacteria, and odor-causing fungi, with just a simple water rinse... coating fully eliminates the need for detergents and retains its self-cleaning >100 laundering cycles, comparable to life of conventional clothing"
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Creating/ dying fabric simultaneously using bacterial cellulose is a sustainable alternative to the textile industry's toxic, petroleum-heavy practices

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1104973 "fermentation produced cellulose-spinning bacteria komagataeibacter xylinus... color-producing escherichia coli microbial pigments: violaceins (cool tones) add in color-producing bacteria after cellulose bacteria begins growing, each working without thwarting the other... carotenoids (warm tones) where cellulose harvested/ purified, then soaked in pigment-producing cultures... withstands washing, bleaching, heating, chemical soaking... cool tone textiles retain color better than some synthetic dyes during washing" Related: Enzyme produced by fungus may replace chemicals in the paper industry https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1123343
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