Smart fibres, fabrics and clothing

This important book provides a guide to the fundamentals and latest developments in smart technology for textiles and clothing. The contributors represent a distinguished international panel of experts and the book covers many aspects of cutting edge research and development.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author Textile Institute (Manchester, England)
Other Authors Tao, Xiaoming
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : Cambridge, England : CRC Press ; Woodhead Pub., 2001.
SeriesWoodhead Publishing Limited series on fibres.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN1591246423
9781591246428
1855737604
9781855737600
1855735466
9781855735460
0849311721
9780849311727
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 316 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Smart technology for textiles and clothing introduction and overview; 2 Electrically active polymer materials application of non ionic polymer gel and elastomers for artificial muscles; 3 Heat storage and thermo regulated textiles and clothing; 4Thermally sensitive materials; 5 Cross linked polyol fibrous substrates as multifunctional and multi use intelligent materials; 6 Stimuli responsive interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels composed of poly vinyl alcohol and poly acrylic acid.