Market assessment of "A technology platform for novel cured cellulose filaments for textile production"

教授。麦吉尔大学的Theo van de Ven和Jean-Philip Lumb与湖首大学的Nur Alam教授一起开发了一种用纤维素纤维制造纺织品的新工艺。与最常见的用纤维素制造纺织品的工艺，即所谓的粘胶或人造丝工艺相反，这种新工艺是环保的，而且不使用在人造丝生产中使用的有毒化学物质二硫化碳。这种新型纺织品含有许多羧基，可以用来功能化纺织品，并附着防水分子、抗菌剂、荧光染料等。这种新型纺织品可以在现有的纺织品生产设备上生产。与人造丝生产需要一种特殊的纸浆作为原料（溶解纸浆）相反，这种新型纺织品可以用任何去木质素的纸浆纺成，比如牛皮纸纸浆。羧基化纺织品只适合一次性使用，但经过固化反应后，它可以像其他纺织品一样重新润湿和干燥。****此提案是针对和I2I市场的评估，这将为纺织项目的未来方向提供有价值的信息。拟议的市场研究将对决定麦吉尔大学采用的整体知识产权战略至关重要，因为这项技术的领域传统上主要集中在亚洲和欧洲。然而，北美可能在将这项技术用于其闲置的牛皮厂以及考虑使新型纺织品功能化方面获得最大收益。* * * *

Profs. Theo van de Ven and Jean-Philip Lumb at McGill University, together with Prof. Md Nur Alam at Lakehead University have developed a novel process to make textile from cellulose fibers. Contrary to the most common process of making textile from cellulose, the so called viscose or rayon process, the novel process is ecofriendly and does not use the toxic chemical carbon disulphide used in rayon production. The novel textile contains a number of carboxyl groups, which can be used to functionalize the textile and attach e.g. water-repellent molecules, antibacterial agents, fluorescent dyes, etc. The novel textile can be made on existing textile production facilities. Contrary to rayon production, which requires a special type of pulp as starting material (dissolving pulp), the novel textile can be spun from any delignified pulp, such as kraft pulp. The carboxylated textile is good for single use only, but after a curing reaction it can be rewetted and dried like any other textile.****This proposal is for and I2I market assessment, which will provide valuable information about the future directions of the textile project. The proposed market study will be important in deciding the overall intellectual property strategy adopted by McGill as the field of this technology traditionally has key geographies in Asia and Europe. However North America may have the most to gain in adapting this technology for its idle kraft mills along with considerations for functionalizing the novel textiles. ****