Smart Fibres, Fabrics And Clothing: Fundamentals And Applica

Description:
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. Smart fibres, fabrics and clothing starts with a review of the background to smart technology and goes on to cover a wide range of the material science and fibre science aspects of the technology including: Electrically active polymeric materials and the applications of nonionic polymer gel and elastomers for artificial muscles; Thermally sensitive fibres and fabrics; Cross-linked polyol fibrous substrates stimuli-responsive interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel; Permeation control through stimuli-responsive polymer membranes; optical fibre sensors, hollow fibre membranes for gas separation; integrating fibre-formed components into textile structures; Wearable electronic and photonic technologies; Adaptive and responsive textile structures (ARTS); Biomedical applications including the applications of scaffolds in tissue engineering It will be essential reading for academics in textile and materials science departments, researchers, designers and engineers in the textiles and clothing product design field. Product managers and senior executives within textile and clothing manufacturing will also find the latest insights into technological developments in the field valuable and fascinating.

Table of Contents:
Smart technology for textiles and clothing; Electrically active polymer materials; Application of nonionic polymer gel and elastomers for artificial muscles; Heat storage and thermo-regulated textiles and clothing; Thermally sensitive materials; Crosslinked 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 structures 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 textiles (ARTS); Wearable technology for snow clothing; Bio-processing for smart textiles and clothing; Tailor-made intelligent polymers for biomedical applications; Textile scaffolds in tissue engineering.

Author Biography:
Xiaoming Tao is Head and Chair Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prof. Xiaoming Tao is Chair Professor and Head of the Institute of Textiles and Clothing. Graduating with a Beng in Textile Engineering and a first-class prize for undergraduate students from the East China Institute of Textile Science and Technology in 1982, She gained her PhD in Textile Physics from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1987. Prof. Tao is an elected fellow of the Textile Institute International and the Hong Kong Institution of Textile and Apparel. She is a member of various professional societies including the Optical Society of America, the American Institute of Physics, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Chinese Society of Textile Engineers as well as the Hong Kong Society of Materials Research and the Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.