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Smart fibres, fabrics and clothing /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service), Textile Institute (Manchester, England)
Other Authors: Tao, Xiaoming
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : Cambridge, England : CRC Press ; Woodhead Pub., 2001.
Series:Woodhead Publishing Limited series on fibres.
Subjects:
Textile fibers.
Textile chemistry.
Textile fabrics.
Smart materials.
Fibres textiles.
Chimie textile.
Textiles et tissus.
Matériaux intelligents.
cloth.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Textiles & Polymers.
Smart materials
Textile chemistry
Textile fabrics
Textile fibers
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.