"It was fiber you could use for everything," Maglio says. "And such style! And modern! People were looking to the future.

Nylon is lagging behind other materials in the brand's sustainability progress, but it's betting on investment in biomaterial ...

A team of researchers at MIT present a potential answer to these problems by showing nylon fibres can be used as synthetic muscles. Some polymer fibre materials have the curious property of ...

There had been "artificial' fibers before: rayon, developed as early as 1855, was a synthetic creation made from wood pulp. But nylon was the world's first totally man-made fiber. And it was a ...

Around 4 million tons of nylon 6,6 (a type of synthetic polyamide) are produced annually, making it one of the most commonly ...

It worked! Carothers drew out fibers that were long, strong, and very elastic. Du Pont named this product nylon. The chemists called it Nylon 66 because the adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine ...

a highly versatile fibre Clothing and sportswear Nylon (polyamide) A hardwearing fibre with good tensile strength, has good elasticity so doesn’t crease and is resistant to chemicals ...

Material: Polyamide 6/6 - Nylon 6/6 - PA 6/6 Super-Tough; 33% Glass Fibre Reinforced ...