Hagfish slime: The future clothing

Abstract

Synthetic fibers at present dominate the textile industry, which are made of petroleum based materials, that’s way; its disposable is a big problem. Synthetic fibres replaced by natural ones, like spider silk, wool, silk etc. Now a new fibre ‘hagfish slime thread’ (protein based polymer) is invented, which is like spider silk, had exhibit outstanding material properties. Hagfishes (Craniata: Myxini) are an ancient group of benthic marine chordates that are best known for their ability to create large volumes of defensive slime when they are attacked. A wet spinning technique is used to spin Hagfish fibers and weaving is done on the fly shuttle pit looms. The hagfish threads possess intriguing property: they can be pulled 33% longer than their original length and still remain soft and flexible. Hence, it could be said that Hagfish slime threads will be a candidate of high performance eco-friendly clothing and will be fashion for future.