This paper is the great work of doctoral student Marion Schelling with the amazing collaboration of Manuela, Myriam and Eugenio.  It is amazing to see individual Zinc Oxide nanorods coated with a metal organic framework ZIF-8 via  STEM-HAAD  microscopy.  This paper describes how fabrics of cotton coated with these core-shell structures efficiently capture Arsenic hence opening applications of these materials in water purification processes.

Here is the link to the paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10570-020-03216-4

Diabetes or Kidney Failure? Take a look at this amazing work on developing a cotton thread-based wearable sensor for the non-invasive simultaneous diagnosis of diabetes or kidney failure.
Fantastic collaboration with colleagues in Thailand’s most prestigious university Chulalongkorn University. Great work led by Nadtinan “Earng” Promphet who spent a year with us at Cornell and her advisor Professor Rodthongkuman.

Here is the link to the paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925400520308959

Hinestroza delivered a presentation on metrology tools to 412 attendees as part of a webinar organized by the Colombian Association of Chemical Engineering.

Here is the video of the talk   https://youtu.be/_Lp-WdoH3W0

Hinestroza discussed the efficiency of homemade masks with a reporter from the Wall Street Journal. Some of his comments appeared in the article : A good homemade mask is better than no mask. Here is the link : https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-diy-masks-help-stop-coronavirus-11587720603

We collaborated with Dr. Marie Chen on proposing a circular economy model for smart textiles and wearables. Our ideas are published  Springer Nature’s Journal of Materials Circular Economy.
Here is the link to our paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42824-020-00002-2

 

Our collaborative work with philosopher Professor Tincuta Heinzel has been published in MIT Journal Design Issues. Professor Heinzen  visited our group as a Fulbright Scholar and helped us understand the philosophical implications of our work on nanotextiles.

The link to our paper can be found at : https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/desi_a_00574

 

Hinestroza joins a group of FSAD students and faculty members visiting textile and apparel manufacturing facilities in India. This picture is taken at one of the largest and most modern apparel manufacturing sites in the world- Brandix Apparel City in Visakhapatnam

Hinestroza was a keynote speaker at the 19th Internationa Conference on Advanced Fiber Materials in Fuzhou, China.

Another patent has been issued on our method to coat cotton fibers with nanowires and using these wires to generate unique markers that can be converted into bar or QR codes-  A cotton-based memory stick!

Here is the link to the entire patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20160216248A1/en

Professor Hinestroza delivered an invited lecture at the State Key Laboratory for Fiber and Polymeric Materials in the College of Materials Science and Engineering of Donghua University in Shanghai, China.

Professor Hinestroza delivers at talk about the use of fique fibers coated with nanoparticles as an efficient method for cleaning polluted waters. The talk was organized by the Embassy of Colombia in Singapore and Singapore University of Technology and Design

Professor Hinestroza was an invited speaker at the Division of Textiles and Apparel of the University of Texas, Austin

Professor Hinestroza was an invited speaker at the Sports Innovation Summit in Tokyo, Japan where he presented his research work on multifuctional textiles and their applications in high performance sports

Professor Hinestroza speaks at the Fashion & Future Forum on his work with using textile innovations to improve the quality of life of senior citizens. The forum was organized by Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipen.

Professor Hinestroza was an invited Speaker at the Sports Technology Symposium organized by the FC Barcelona