SmartFleece Blankets Made with Bamboo Charcoal Nanoparticles

Greenyard, a U.S. nanotechnology company developing advanced fabrics for “eco-friendly alternatives to conventional materials,” is producing and selling SmartFleece, an anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, static-free, and thermal regulating fleece blanket containing bamboo charcoal nanoparticles. Greenyard says that SmartFleece’s properties derive from the use of the bamboo charcoal nanoparticles, which are embedded within the fabric’s fibers and will not wash off. Greenyard also says that the fabric is “environmentally friendly and sustainable.” According to the article, “. . .nanotechnology is offering new ways of processing fabric that could revolutionize the clothing industry. . . the novel properties exhibited by these small particle as so significant that in some cases, conventional technologies would probably be considered obsolete.”

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