NanoFlashing Textile

Waterproof fabric solves an obvious problem: it keeps outside water away from the skin.

But the same barrier also keeps moisture in. Sweat is trapped against the skin.

Sweden's National Institute for Working Life found only about 7% of sweat escaped a boot. The U.S. Army documented the consequence: “moon-boot syndrome,” a trench-foot-type injury from the wearer's own sweat, without outside water. The same warm, wet conditions occur inside a waterproof glove. University of Copenhagen researchers found staph bacteria on eczema-affected skin increased about 52-fold in 4 hours.

But removal and washing do not necessarily end the problem. At Paris's Avicenne Hospital, athlete's-foot fungus survived gear removal, a normal warm wash on every textile sample tested, and tumble drying. Empa, Switzerland's federal materials laboratory, found a single wash removed up to 45% of silver from conventional antimicrobial treatments.

The barrier that keeps water off your skin keeps the bacteria and the fungus against it. In the morning it goes back on.

Nothing warns you.

The NanoFlashing Textile has a permanent positive polarity, a fixed positive charge. The textile captures and destroys up to 99.99% of viruses, bacteria and fungal spores through a physical mechanism, with no power and no chemicals. The fabric stays waterproof, breathable, strong and washable.

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