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On February 26, 2021, the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Research Group was held. A revised work and financial plans with an extension of project activities of 6 months for the 3rd reporting period was presented, and possible problems and continuation of the research were discussed. Project doctoral student Rajna Malinar defended doctorability of her thesis on February 17, 2021. Dissemination of the project through papers published in the proceedings of the international conference ITC&DC is delayed due to the unfavorable epidemiological situation, but the papers are accepted for publication and publication is expected later in the year.

Several members of the research group participated in this year’s International Congress of Textile Science and Economy, held Septemper 18 via videoconference. The results of the project research were presented with the following papers: The influence of maleic acid concentration on the binding of chitosan with cotton cellulose, Textile dust generation from cotton and cotton/polyester blend fabrics, The influence of lipase surface modification to polyester crystallinity and absorbility, The optimization of di(cyanstyryl) derivative application to polyester fabric and its blend i Adsorption of cetylpyridinium chloride on standard polyester fabric in the electrokinetic analyzer.

Despite isolation, work from home and earthquake, diligent members of the research team write annual reports, analyze data, and write papers. Just be brave, everything will be fine!

On March 6, the 2nd annual meeting of the research group was held at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology. Project leader Assoc. Prof. Sandra Flinčec Grgac, PhD, presented the results of the project so far, with short discussions about each group of activities. Apart from short delays in performing some activities, the project is running according to the work plan, the most important of which is the establishment of the Laboratory for Controlled Monitoring of Crosslinking Process at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, employment of a new doctoral student Ivana Čorak and excellent research results in individual activities.

In Zagreb, on October 21, 2019, the Faculty Council of the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, made a decision to establish and install a new laboratory: Laboratory for Controlled Monitoring of Crosslinking Process within the project UIP-05-2017- 8780 “Hospital protective textiles”. Assoc. Prof. Sandra Flinčec Grgac, PhD, , Assoc. Prof. Anita Tarbuk, PhD, Assist. Prof. Tihana Dekanić, PhD and Prof. Tanja Pusic, PhD are responsible for the establishment of the Laboratory.
The equipment of the new Laboratory is located in the Department of Textile Chemistry and Ecology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, and you can soon read more about the equipment and capabilities of the Laboratory at project website.

Members of the research group Anita Tarbuk, Sandra Flinčec Grgac and Tihana Dekanić attended the 13th symposium “Novel Technologies and Economic Development” held in Leskovac, Serbia, on October 18 and 19, 2019.
Three scientific papers were presented through two poster presentations (“Influence of cotton pre-treatment in an alkaline medium on binding with inclusion complex of beta-cyclodextrin-tea tree essential oil” and “The influence of polyester surface modification by cutinase to its adsorption and uv protection”) and plenary lecture (“Capillarity of hospital protective textiles” ).

At the Day of Textile Science Research Center held on September 25, 2019 at the Technical Museum Nikola Tesla in Zagreb, the objectives of the project, conducted research and achievements so far, as well as plans for further activities within the project were presented through an oral presentation.

On May 29, 2019, a goniometer with drop analysis and a tilt table (Drop Shape Analyzer) from Krüss was purchased. Education was also held and the first samples were tested!
The purchase of the device was financed by the Croatian Science Foundation.

On April 25, 2019, Ivana Čorak, B.Sc., was included in the established research group, employed within the “Career Development Project for Young Researchers – Training of New Doctors of Science”, DOK-2018-09-4254 (“Bio-innovated polyester material for targeted use in a hospital environment”) under the mentorship of Assoc. dr. sc. Anita Tarbuk.

We wish the young doctoral student a successful scientific research work!

On February 25, 2019, the founding meeting of the project research group was held at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology. The results of the project so far were presented, aswell as the financial and administrative report and the reports related to the project objectives. Good luck to the group in future work!