Jacket Made Of Tea? British Scientists Successfully Developed

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The scientists of the Imperial College of London, in collaboration with the British central Saint Martin School of art and design, developed a fabric that is both leather and fabric with light weight.

This fabric has been used to make shirts, jackets, women's wear and shoes. The British call it tea shirts because they are made of tea.

Tea shirt

Practicability

Very strong, after dyeing, melting and other simple treatment, they become "new" clothes.

The inventors are confident that this innovative fabric will lead the future direction of the textile industry, and the traditional raw materials such as cotton, wool and leather will be restricted by use.

Tea shirts are made from waste green tea, sugar and other nutrients.

The mixed solution stimulates the growth of Acetobacter spp. and produces cellulose filaments.

Under the action of cellulose, the tea shirt gets stronger and stronger.

Tea shirt

Washing and drying

After that, it becomes pparent.

Professor Paul Freeman, a molecular biologist at Imperial College in London, said, "this kind of clothing is tough and tough if it is dried."

But wear

Tea shirt on the street

A strong smell may attract passers-by. After all, fungi are constantly growing, and it will take a while to overcome this problem.

However, with the depletion of natural resources, the market prospect of such biologic fabrics is very considerable.