Abstract

Smart textiles are one of the areas that provides added value to textile materials. It is a sector that has been developed with new technologies, new fibers, and textile materials. The production of smart or intelligent textiles cooperate with other branches of science like nanotechnology, materials science, design, electronics, and computer engineering, etc. Smart textiles are classified into three groups as passive smart textiles, active smart textiles and ultra smart textiles according to their performance characteristics. Passive smart textiles are the first generation of smart textiles and sense the external conditions; for instance, UV protecting clothing, conductive fibers, etc. As active smart textiles respond to external conditions, ultra smart textiles sense, react, and adopt themselves to conditions. Shape memory materials, chromic materials, heat storage, and thermo-regulated fabrics are the typical applications of active smart textiles.

Highlights

  • Textiles, with the basic characteristics of clothing, protection, and esthetics, are the indispensable part of our lives, but in recent years with the development of technology and the variation of requirements, the demand to smart materials and intelligent textiles grows increasingly all over the world

  • Esthetic smart textiles use the technology for fashion design, because of their ability to light up and change color

  • As for the performance, smart textiles are classified into three categories as passive smart textiles, active smart textiles, and ultra smart textiles

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Introduction

With the basic characteristics of clothing, protection, and esthetics, are the indispensable part of our lives, but in recent years with the development of technology and the variation of requirements, the demand to smart materials and intelligent textiles grows increasingly all over the world. Esthetic smart textiles use the technology for fashion design, because of their ability to light up and change color. Passive smart textiles can only sense the environment, as they are just sensors. Active smart textiles can sense the stimuli from the environment and react to them; besides the sensor function, they have an actuator function. Ultra smart textiles are materials that sense, react, monitor, and adopt themselves according to the stimuli or environmental conditions, such as thermal, mechanical, chemical, magnetic, or other sources. Chan Vili studied the use of shape memory materials in developing high performance smart textiles, taking into consideration the ways for enhancing the esthetics of woven interior textiles. The global smart textile market is thriving and witnessing significant growth owing to the numerous applications in various industries

Functions of smart textiles
Data processing
Actuators
Storage
Communication
Shape memory textiles
Color-changing textiles
Phase-changing textiles
Wearable smart electronic textiles
Laser-printed waterproof and stretchable e-textiles
Conductive textiles
Medical smart textile as a cardiac supporting device
Smart clothing with improved comfort and safety for firefighters
Smart film fabric
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