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The article evaluates and compares American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) Method 66 and AATCC Method 128 for measuring the wrinkle recovery performance of cross linked cotton fabrics. The Wrinkle recovery angle of a fabric is a measure of the fabric's ability to release a sharp wrinkle in a dry state. Based from the data of the study, the article suggests that wrinkle recovery angle results are quantitative and reproducible. AATCC Method 66 seem to more reliable quantitative testing method for evaluating wrinkle release performance of durable press finished cotton fabric.

The article presents a research that investigates the cotton cellulose depolymerization using polycarboxylic acid, Lewis acid and their combination in the U.S. Researchers evaluated the impact of acid-catalyzed degradation on cotton fabrics by using bifunctional carboxylic acids with different acid dissociation constants to treat cotton fabrics, like succinic acid, malonic acid, malic acid and oxalic acid. They found that four of these acids do not esterify cotton cellulose under high temperatures and the combination of Lewis and polycarboxylic acids resulted to severe cellulose depolymerization.