10 Protective smart and functional textiles
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Unsanhame Mawkhlieng
Abstract
Protective textiles are a class of functional textiles that serve as a shielding medium to guard people from the dangerous impact, weather, harmful gases, fire, and pathogens. Hence, they are an essential requirement that demands great precision in design and development. The functionality of protective textiles has been improved over the years with the advent of smart materials and nanotechnology. The advantage of textiles is that with judicious designing, it is possible to integrate these supporting elements of smartness without affecting the wearability. Further, the application of nanotechnology has been reported to enhance the functionality. This chapter demonstrates protective textiles that have been developed for ballistic and impact resistance, for extreme cold weather resistance, for protection against hazardous nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare agents, and for flame retardancy. Special attention has been given to the advantages of nanotechnology that has been incorporated into the design and development of the protective smart and functional textiles. While in certain cases such as in liquid body armour, the use of nanotechnology has seen some level of commercial success, in other cases as in the application of nanosilver for extreme cold weather clothing, the success of nanotechnology is still limited to laboratories. However, with intensive research and increasing demand for enhanced performance, nanotechnology will receive more acceptance and recognition from industries. This aspect is discussed as part of challenges that protective smart and functional textiles face today and the opportunities that are present for researchers, academicians, and industries to unfold.
Abstract
Protective textiles are a class of functional textiles that serve as a shielding medium to guard people from the dangerous impact, weather, harmful gases, fire, and pathogens. Hence, they are an essential requirement that demands great precision in design and development. The functionality of protective textiles has been improved over the years with the advent of smart materials and nanotechnology. The advantage of textiles is that with judicious designing, it is possible to integrate these supporting elements of smartness without affecting the wearability. Further, the application of nanotechnology has been reported to enhance the functionality. This chapter demonstrates protective textiles that have been developed for ballistic and impact resistance, for extreme cold weather resistance, for protection against hazardous nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare agents, and for flame retardancy. Special attention has been given to the advantages of nanotechnology that has been incorporated into the design and development of the protective smart and functional textiles. While in certain cases such as in liquid body armour, the use of nanotechnology has seen some level of commercial success, in other cases as in the application of nanosilver for extreme cold weather clothing, the success of nanotechnology is still limited to laboratories. However, with intensive research and increasing demand for enhanced performance, nanotechnology will receive more acceptance and recognition from industries. This aspect is discussed as part of challenges that protective smart and functional textiles face today and the opportunities that are present for researchers, academicians, and industries to unfold.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents IX
- List of authors XI
- 1 Introduction to functional, smart, and intelligent textiles: perspectives and potential applications 1
- 2 Nanotechnology in textile finishing: an approach towards imparting manifold functionalities 63
- 3 Coating- and lamination-based smart textiles: techniques, features, and challenges 97
- 4 Speciality coatings and laminations on textiles 151
- 5 Polymer-based nanocomposites for smart and functional textiles 183
- 6 Emerging trends in electroconductive textiles 221
- 7 Graphene-based functional textile materials 267
- 8 Smart and functional textiles for personal thermal comfort 329
- 9 Stimuli-responsive smart and functional textiles 355
- 10 Protective smart and functional textiles 375
- 11 Functional and smart textiles for military and defence applications 397
- 12 Sensors and actuators for textiles: from materials to applications 469
- 13 Medical textiles: materials, applications, features, and recent advancements 533
- 14 Design and development of chitosan-based textiles for biomedical applications 591
- 15 Smart textiles for energy harvesting applications 607
- 16 Fibrous materials for automotive applications 635
- 17 Smart/functional textiles and fashion products enabled by 3D and 4D printing 683
- 18 Functional and smart textiles in care, treatment, and diagnosis of COVID-19 721
- Index 751
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents IX
- List of authors XI
- 1 Introduction to functional, smart, and intelligent textiles: perspectives and potential applications 1
- 2 Nanotechnology in textile finishing: an approach towards imparting manifold functionalities 63
- 3 Coating- and lamination-based smart textiles: techniques, features, and challenges 97
- 4 Speciality coatings and laminations on textiles 151
- 5 Polymer-based nanocomposites for smart and functional textiles 183
- 6 Emerging trends in electroconductive textiles 221
- 7 Graphene-based functional textile materials 267
- 8 Smart and functional textiles for personal thermal comfort 329
- 9 Stimuli-responsive smart and functional textiles 355
- 10 Protective smart and functional textiles 375
- 11 Functional and smart textiles for military and defence applications 397
- 12 Sensors and actuators for textiles: from materials to applications 469
- 13 Medical textiles: materials, applications, features, and recent advancements 533
- 14 Design and development of chitosan-based textiles for biomedical applications 591
- 15 Smart textiles for energy harvesting applications 607
- 16 Fibrous materials for automotive applications 635
- 17 Smart/functional textiles and fashion products enabled by 3D and 4D printing 683
- 18 Functional and smart textiles in care, treatment, and diagnosis of COVID-19 721
- Index 751
