Polyacrylamide-Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Sodium Alginate-Reduced Graphene Oxide/Nylon Fabrics with Multistimuli Responses

In recent years, various functional fabrics capable of responding to multistimuli have been widely recognized as promising wearable devices. However, the obtained composite functional fabrics have only been applied in a few scenarios, rendering the achievement of multifunctional wearable application scenarios a difficult goal. Therefore,...

Non-invasive mineral uptake determination in babies: Method development for measurement of minerals and trace elements in used diapers using INAA and ICP-OES

To ensure proper development, infants must receive the right amount of nutrients. Since their intake of minerals and trace elements in the first four months comes solely from mother milk or formula, valuable information about the uptake can derived by analyzing their excretion (in the form of feces or urine). Previous studies have used this...

Service Model For The Adoption Of Washable Diapers

Research<br/>Disposable diapers require a large amount of new material and put a large pressure on Dutch waste disposal services. Washable diapers are a cheaper and supposedly more environmentally friendly alternative to disposables. Yet they are a niche product. This project aims to design a product service for Toddy to increase the acceptance...

To design a more sustainable disposable diaper without compromising on user experience

Context<br/><br/>In a society where sustainability is becoming more and more relevant, disposable single use diapers are still used by 95% of parents. Every baby uses approximately 4000 diapers in their first 2,5 years of life. This is close to 160 kilos of material that is used once and then discarded. As the use of disposable diapers only...