The Brief Story
A nanoparticle-based finishing recipe for multifunctional finishing of textiles was developed by Dr. Khatri for UV protection, water repellency, soil release, self-cleaning, lotus effect, and anti-bacterial characteristics, and the technology was taken by IRP Pakistan for commercialization. This technological recipe can be used particularly for children wear, outdoor and hospital textiles. So far in this project, two postgraduate theses (detailed below), a couple of conference proceedings and a high-quality impact factor research paper in Cellulose are published.
He was also a co-principal investigator in a HEC’s NRPU project on developing functional textiles using graphene material for various applications in energy and wastewater treatment sectors and SRGP project on production of conductive fabric by pad batch process (detailed below). Couple of impact factor research papers have also been published in that area in the prestigious journals like Materials Chemistry and Physics and Journal of The Textile Institute; and s postgraduate thesis was also produced (detailed below).
Moreover, Dr. Khatri developed the microencapsulated citronella oil and its application recipe for making cotton textiles mosquito repellent, in collaboration with Archroma Pakistan Ltd. A postgraduate thesis was also produced in this project (detailed below).
Funded Projects
PI: Dr. Iftikhar Ali Sahito, Co-PI: Dr. Awais Khatri
PI: Dr. Iftikhar Ali Sahito, Co-PI: Dr. Awais Khatri
Masters Supervision
2021 – Development of graphene coated electroconductive and photocatalytically active nonwoven material – (Co-Supervisor)
Student: Engr. Rabia Panhwar
2020 - Developing multifunctional finishing with antibacterial property for cotton fabric by sol-gel coating
Student: Engr. Junaid Kalhoro
Student: Engr. Abdul Khaliq Jhatial
2015 - Development of Mosquito Repellent Cotton Fabric by Preparing and Applying Microencapsulated Citronella Oil
Student: Engr. Makhdoom Sahibjahan Abbasi
2015 - Comparison of Knitted Cut Resistant Fabric with Indigenously Developed Cut Resistant Woven Fabric - (Co-Supervisor)
Student: Dr. Anam Ali Memon
2012 - Study on Improving Performance Properties of Bamboo Knitted Fabric by Sol-Gel Coating
Student: Engr. Farzana Gul
Publications
Promoting Removal of Methylene Blue Dye by Varying pH and Temperature Using Reusable Graphene Oxide Coated Lyocell Nonwoven Fabric - under review at ChemistrySelect
Journal of the Textile Institute 2025; 116(1):12-22
Materials Chemisty and Physics 2021; 262:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2021.124294
Cellulose 2019; 26(10):6365-6378
Journal of Cleaner Production 2013; 51:191-195
Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology 2013; 32(3):425-430