Description
Nanotechnology has been incorporated into a wide range of garments to improve the durability of clothing / apparel and create new properties for a special end-used application. It also incorporates wearable electronics into clothing to make it smarter. Smart nano-textiles refers to the uses and integration of smart nanocoatings, nanosensors and nanodevices in multifunctional textiles, since they are both low cost and have low power consumption. Various organic and inorganic nanomaterials can be used in garments to improve their properties and create new properties such as anti-bacterial, superhydrophobic, auto-cleaning, self-cleaning, stain repellent, wrinkle-free, static eliminating, fire resistant and electrically conductive properties.This book focuses on the fundamental concepts and approaches for the preparation of smart nanotextiles, their properties, and their applications in multifarious industries, including smart garments, biomedicine, construction/building materials, energy conversion/storage, automotive/aerospace industries and agriculture.- Shows how nanotechnology is being used to be able to enhance textiles with smart properties, including anti-bacterial, superhydrophobic and auto-cleaning- Explores which nanomaterial types are most compatible with particular textile classes- Assesses the major challenges of integrating nanosensors and nanodevices into textiles
Table of Contents
PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS1. Smart nano-textiles: An introduction2. Advanced characterization techniques for textiles3. Methods for design and fabrication of nanosensors used in textiles4. Methods for design and fabrication of nanodevices used in textiles5. Nanosensors for passive smart textiles6. Nanosensors and nanodevices for active smart textiles7. Mathematical modeling and simulation of smart textilesPART 2: APPLICATIONS8. Water and oil repellent textiles9. Nanobased antibacterial textiles10. Smart electronic yarns and wearable fabrics for human biomonitoring11. Organic electronics on natural cotton fibres12. Electroconductive cotton textiles using graphene13. Carbon coated textiles for flexible energy storage14. Nanopatterned textile-based wearable triboelectric nanogenerator15. Highly sensitive biosensors from textiles16. Soft capacitor fibers using conductive polymers for electronic textiles17. Flexible fiber batteries18. Design transforming dress based on pneumatic systems19. Structures of novel antimicrobial agents for textiles20. Color-changing and color-tunable photonic bandgap fiber textiles21. Smart and electronic textiles22. Smart textiles in healthcare23. Light emitting textiles for photodynamic therapy textiles24. Textile nano-antennas25. Flexible photovoltaic cells embedded into textile structures26. Textiles for flexible solar cells and 3D printable materialsPART 3: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND FUTURE SCOPES27. Environmental impacts28. Future scopes and current applications of smart-nanotextiles
