Smart fibres, fabrics and clothing Book

Smart technology for textiles and clothing – an overview and review X Tao - Introduction - Development of smart technology for textiles and clothing - Outline of the book Electrically active polymer materials: application of non-ionic polymer gel and elastomers for artificial muscles T Hirai, J Zheng, M Watanabe and H Shirai - Introduction - Polymer materials as actuators or artificial muscle - Peculiarity of polymer gel actuator - Triggers for actuating polymer gels - Electro-active polymer gels as artificial muscles - From electro-active polymer gel to electro-active elastomer with large deformation - Conclusions Heat storage and thermo-regulated textiles and clothing X Zhang - Development introduction - Basics of heat-storage materials - Manufacture of heat-storage and thermo-regulated textiles and clothing - Properties of heat-storage and thermo-regulated textiles and clothing application - Development trends Thermally sensitive materials P Bajaj - Introduction - Thermal storage and thermal insulating fibres - Thermal insulation through polymeric coatings - Design of fabric assemblies ross-linked polyol fibrous substrates as multifunctional and multi-use intelligent materials T L Vigo and D P Thibodeaux - Introduction - Fibrous intelligent materials - Experimental - Results and discussion - Conclusions Stimuli-responsive interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels composed of poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(acrylic acid) Y M Lee and S Y Kim - Introduction - Experimental - Results and discussion - Conclusions Permeation control through stimuli-responsive polymer membrane prepared by plasma and radiation grafting techniques Y M Lee and J K Shim - Introduction - Experimental - Results and discussion - Conclusions Mechanical properties of fibre Bragg gratings X Tian and X Tao - Introduction - Fabric techniques - Mechanisms of FBG sensor fabrication - Mechanical properties - Influence of the UV irradiation on mechanical properties - Polymeric fibre - Conclusions Optical responses of FBG sensors under deformations D Yang and X Tao - IntroductionOptical methodology for FBG sensors - Optical methodology for FBG sensors - Optical responses under tension - Optical responses under torsion - Optical responses under lateral compression - Optical responses under bending - Conclusions Smart textile composites integrated with fibre optic sensors X Tao - Introduction - Optical fibres and fibre optic sensors - Principal analysis of embedded fibre Bragg grating sensors - Simultaneous measurements of strain and temperature - Measurement effectiveness - Reliability of FBGs - Error of strain measurement due to deviation of position and direction - Distributed measurement systems - Conclusions Hollow fibre membranes for gas separation P J Brown - Historical overview of membranes for gas separation - Developments of membranes for industrial gas separation - Theories of permeation processes - Phase inversion and hollow fibre membrane - Future hollow fibre membranes and industrial gas separation Embroidery and smart textiles B Selm, B Bischoff and R Seidl - Introduction - Basics of embroidery technology - Embroidery for technical applications – tailored fibre placement - Embroidery technology used for medical textiles - Embroidered stamp – gag or innovation? - Summary Adaptive and responsive textile structures (ARTS) S M Park and S Jayaraman - Introduction - Textiles in computing: the symbiotic relationship - The Georgia Tech Wearable MotherboardTM - GTWM: contributions and potential applications - Emergence of a new paradigm: harnessing the opportunity - Conclusion Wearable technology for snow clothing H Matilla - Introduction - Key issues and performance requirements - The prototype - Conclusions Bio-processing for smart textiles and clothing E Heine and H Hoecker - Introduction - Treatment of wool with enzymes - Treatment of of cotton with enzymes - Enzymatic modification of synthetic fibres - Spider silk - 'Intelligent fibres' - Conclusions Tailor-made intelligent polymers for biomedical applications A Lendlein - Introduction - Fundamental aspects of shape memory materials - Concept of biodegradable shape memory polymers - Degradable thermoplastic elastomers having shape memory properties - Degradable polymer networks having shape memory properties - Conclusion and outlook Textile scaffolds in tissue engineering S Ramakrishna - Introduction - Ideal scaffold system - Scaffold materials - Textile scaffolds - Conclusions