Intelligent Textiles and Clothing draws on knowledge from a number of disciplines, including electronics, textiles, telecommunications, biotechnology, and medicine.

Features:

• Approaches the emerging field of intelligent textiles from a multidisciplinary perspective
• Explores phase-change materials, shape memory materials, and chromic and conductive materials in individual sections
• Presents current and potential future applications
• Offers a broad look at a rapidly growing field that is ripe for investment and research opportunities

Contents

Phase Change Material

• Introduction to phase change materials
• Intelligent textiles with PCMs
• The use of phase change materials in outdoor clothing

Shape Memory Materials

• Introduction to shape memory materials
• Temperature sensitive shape memory polymers for smart textile applications
• Development of shape memory alloy fabrics for composite structures
• Study of shape memory polymer films for breathable textiles
• Engineering textile and clothing aesthetics using shape changing materials

Chromic and Conductive Materials

• Introduction to chromic materials
• Solar textiles: Production and distribution of electricity coming from solar radiation. Applications
• Introduction to conductive materials
• Formation of electrical circuits in textile structures
• Stability enhancement of polypyrrole coated
• Electrical, morphological and electromechanical properties of conductive polymers fibres (yarns)
• Multipurpose textile based sensors
• Textile micro system technology

Applications

• WearCare - Usability of intelligent materials in work wear
• Intelligent textiles for medical and monitoring applications
• Context aware textiles for wearable health assistants
• Intelligent garments in prehospital emergency care
• Intelligent textiles for children
• Wearable biofeedback systems
• Applications for woven electrical fabrics

Index

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