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Smart Textiles
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Smart Textiles

by Nazire D. Yilmaz
December 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
402 pages
12h 20m
English
Wiley-Scrivener
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Chapter 7Nanocomposites for Smart Textiles

Nazire Deniz Yilmaz

Textile Technologist Consultant, Denizli, Turkey

Email: naziredyilmaz@gmail.com

Abstract

Nanocomposites show promise for use in an array of different fields including transportation, aerospace, electronics, biomedicine, and protection applications. It is expected that nanocomposites will act in a positive way on our life quality in the near future. Nanocomposites exhibit design and property combinations, which are not possible for the case of conventional “micro” composites. Nanocomposites offer advanced multifunctions without interfering the comfort and aesthetics of textiles. As components of smart textiles, nanocomposites offer service for use in sensors, actuators, fire protection, defense applications, biosensing, self-cleaning, moisture management, thermoregulation, energy storing, and harvesting, among other sophisticated niche applications. While nanocomposites have already found use in various applications, there are numerous potential fields where nanocomposites can provide better service compared to conventional counterparts in the future.

Keywords: Nanocomposites, smart textiles, wearables, carbon nanotubes, nanocellulose, nanoparticles, nanoclay, conducting polymers

7.1 Introduction

Nanotechnology can be described as manufacturing and manipulating structures, at least one dimension of which falls within the range 1–100 nm. Nanotechnology deals with these nanoscale materials as well as materials containing ...

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