Category: Featured Articles
The Power Conversion Characteristics of Woven Organic Photovoltaic Wire Fabrics
A. AGRAWAL, YONG K. KIM, P. CALVERT
Bioengineering Department, University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, US
AM. LEE
Konarka Tech [...]
An Elastomeric Ionic Hydrogel Sensor for Large Strains
P. MANANDHAR, P. CALVERT, J.R. BUCK
University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, USA
Strain gauges attached to elastic fabric sleeve [...]
Integration of Small Diameter Wire form SMA for the Creation of Dynamic Shape Memory Textiles
P. DYER
University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
The integration of Nitinol wire directly into flexible textile structures has seen limited successful r [...]
Halochromic Textile Materials as Innovative pH-sensors
L. VAN DER SCHUEREN, K. DE CLERCK,
Ghent University, Department of Textiles, Zwijnaarde (Ghent), Belgium
Recently, an increasing interest in pH-sens [...]
Additive Colour Mixing on Textiles with Liquid Crystal Dye Systems
S. ROBERTSON, R. CHRISTIE, W. IBRAHIM
Heriot-Watt University, Galashiels, Scotland
There are two types of thermochromic dye systems which change col [...]
Cosmeto-textiles: State of the Art and Future Perspectives
P. PERSICO, C. CARFAGNA
Institute of Chemistry & Technology of Polymers - National Research Council of Italy, Pozzuoli (NA), Italy
The skin is t [...]
Interactive Electronic Yarns by Novel Electrochemical and Plasma Treatment
A. NEUDECK, Y. ZIMMERMANN, U. MÖHRING,
TITV Greiz, Textile Research Institute Thuringia-Vogtland e.V., Greiz, Germany
The number of application fiel [...]
Shape Memory Polymers in Textiles
JINLIAN HU
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
This paper highlights the most important areas and directions of shape
memory polymers i [...]
Production of PEDOT Coated Conductive Fibers for Smart & Interactive Textile Applications
T. BASHIR, M. SKRIFVARS
School of Engineering, University of Boras, Boras, Sweden;
N.-K. PERSSON,
The Swedish School of Textiles, University of Bor [...]
Application of Melt-blown Technology for Manufacturing the Sensor Non-woven Fabrics Composed of Polymers Loaded with Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes
I. KRUCINSKA, B. SURMA, M. CHRZANOWSKI, E. SKRZETUSKA, M. PUCHALSKI
Department of Material and Commodity Sciences and Textile Metrology, Faculty of M [...]