Having started as a support to the textile industry, TRI/Princeton maintains a practical approach to its research, its members and the industries it serves. While the Institute’s activities range from basic testing to fundamental research, it is done with a specific application in mind. The staff of TRI welcome opportunities to extend their knowledge to new problems in new fields to broaden the horizons of all involved.

Personal Care

· Skin Care: The TRI/Princeton Center for Skin Science & Applied Dermatology seeks to develop a better knowledge of the structure, organization and behavior of the body’s largest organ, skin. Researchers within the center look to gain insights into how human skin is structured and how it functions based on a genetic predisposition and the variations that occur from age, disease or from the impact of the environment over a lifetime (epigenetics). TRI is setting out to better measure and characterize these variations and in so doing establish a more personal approach to skin science.

· Hair Care: The TRI/Princeton Center for Applied Hair Research approaches hair care from a fundamental fiber science perspective, closely examining the basic structure of hair, of hair care products, and interactions between the two. Researchers within the center look to gain knowledge and understanding of the principles of hair and hair product interactions, and believe that an understanding of how cosmetic treatments affect human hair properties is critical for the development of successful products.

· Oral Care: We can assist in measuring performance of oral care products, such as floss, bristles, and whitening products, to support claims substantiation, product development and enhancements, or benchmarking. Our capabilities can provide insight to deposition, retention and other important phenomena that drive consumer perception and product performance.

Absorbent Materials: Relating performance to structural characteristics to enhance understanding and provide insights for innovation

· Wicking : Assess speed of liquid penetration into porous media

· Liquid Deposition: Measure/Model thickness of liquid film deposited from wipes

· Absorption Profiles: Measurement of rates and capacity of absorbance into porous media

· Active Deposition: Determine efficacy of active deposition and barrier formation

· Porosity Profiles: Measure pore volume distribution in aqueous or nonaqueous conditions

· Fiber Qualities: Characterize fiber physical or chemical profiles

· Coatings Effects : Surface energy measurement, abrasion resistance, and coating homogeneity

Biomedical Materials

· Film Forming: Assess rates, conditions of film-forming

· Adhesion: Bond and micro-bonding assessments, fiber-fiber interactions

· Absorption: Measurement of protein deposition rates

· Composites Performance: Mechanical, biological, electrical assessment

· Coatings Effects : Surface energy measurement, abrasion resistance, coating homogeneity