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Synopsis
SMART FIBRES, FABRICS AND CLOTHING starts with a review of the background to smart technology and goes on to cover a wide range of the material science and fiber science aspects of the technology including:
* electrically active polymeric materials and the applications of nonionic polymer gel and elastomers for artificial muscles
* thermally sensitive fibres and fabrics
* cross-linked polyol fibrous substrates
stimuli-responsive interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel
* permeation control through stimuli-responsive polymer membranes
* optical fibre sensors, hollow fibre membranes for gas separation
* integrating fibre-formed components into textile structures
* wearable electronic and photonic technologies
* adaptive and responsive textile structures (ARTS)
* and biomedical applications including the applications of scaffolds in tissue engineering
This 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. It gives you insight into technological developments in the field valuable and fascinating.
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About the Author
Xiaoming Tao is Head and Chair Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prof. Xiaoming Tao is Chair Professor and Head of the Institute of Textiles and Clothing. Graduating with a Beng in Textile Engineering and a first-class prize for undergraduate students from the East China Institute of Textile Science and Technology in 1982, She gained her PhD in Textile Physics from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1987. Prof. Tao is an elected fellow of the Textile Institute International and the Hong Kong Institution of Textile and Apparel. She is a member of various professional societies including the Optical Society of America, the American Institute of Physics, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Chinese Society of Textile Engineers as well as the Hong Kong Society of Materials Research and the Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
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- PublisherCRC Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0849311721
- ISBN 13 9780849311727
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages316
- EditorTao Xiaoming
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