Nanoparticles are increasingly used as coatings on clothing to make it waterproof, microbicidal (kills microbes), UV-blocking or antistatic.

Today’s high-tech fabrics are either treated with chemicals or polymers and specially engineered with features such as durability, stain-proofing, wrinkle-resistance, and weather protection.

The article discusses a study related to incorporation of sretchy battery woven into fabric i.e. lithium-oxide nanoparticles into carbon nanotube yarns.

The article discusses the benefit of self-cleaning clothes to U.S. military personnel. The nanoparticle technology used to treat clothing by textile company Nano-Tex is explored.

Discovery has potential applications in tissue regeneration and high-performance textiles.

The article reports on the use of nanofabrics in the making of clothes to repel germs and pollution. Designer Olivia Ong created a line called "Glitterati" that contain nanoparticles that resist penetration from germs and that deactivate bacteria. These garments are functional clothing made of nanotextiles.

"Nano Textiles" can be produced by a variety of methods. The key difference among them is whether synthetic nanoparticles are integrated into the fibres or the textile, or are applied as a coating on the surface, and/or whether nanoparticles are added to the nanoscale fibres or coating.

Traditional coating materials often do not stand the test of the increased demands made on materials today. In recent years however, advances have been made using methods ascribed to nanotechnology.

The article reports on the development of extremely water-repellent textured surfaces inspired by the microscopic structure of the lotus flower, and other surfaces which have the opposite property, known as superhydrophilicity. The possibility of engineering products which combine the two features, in order to control the microscopic flow of fluids, is discussed.