Smart Fibres, Fabrics and Clothing: Fundamentals and Applications (Hardcover)

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.