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Smart fibres and other fibre-based smart products are a new and exciting area of textile
development. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the latest research and applications in this area,
dealing with materials and structures that have the ability to sense and react to the environment by
emulating those found in nature. It reviews the background to smart technology; provides insight into
developments such as thermally sensitive fibers and fabrics, wearable electronic and photonic
technologies, adaptive and responsive textile structures, biomedical applications; and more.
From the Foreword: “...[W]e are talking here about materials or structures that sense and react
to environmental stimuli, such as those from mechanical, thermal, chemical, magnetic, or others. We
are talking `smart' and `active' systems. We are talking about the true merger of the textile and
information industries. `Smart textiles' are made possible due to advances in many technologies coupled with
the advances in textiles materials and structures. A partial list includes biotechnology, information
technology, microelectronics, wearable computers, nanotechnology and microelectromechanical
machines...”
Target Audience: Textile and materials scientists, researchers, designers and engineers in the
textiles and clothing product design field; product managers and senior executives within textile and
clothing manufacturing.
Table of Contents:
Smart Technology for Textiles and Clothing — Introduction and Overview
Electrically Active Polymer Materials — Application of Non-Ionic Polymer Gel and Elastomers
for Artificial Muscles
Heat-Storage and Thermo-Regulated Textiles and Clothing
Thermally Sensitive Materials
Cross-Linked Polyol Fibrous Substrates as Multifunctional and Multi-Use Intelligent Materials
Stimuli-Responsive Interpenetrating Polymer Network Hydrogels Composed of Poly(vinyl
alcohol) and Poly(acrylic acid)
Permeation Control through Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Membrane Prepared by Plasma and
Radiation Grafting Techniques
Mechanical Properties of Fibre Bragg Gratings
Optical Responses of FBG Sensors under Deformations
Smart Textile Composites Integrated with Fibre Optic Sensors
Hollow Fibre Membranes for Gas Separation
Embroidery and Smart Textiles
Adaptive and Responsive Textile Structures (ARTS)
Wearable Technology for Snow Clothing
Bioprocessing for Smart Textiles and Clothing
Tailor-Made Intelligent Polymers for Biomedical Applications
Textile Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering
Index
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