Functional textiles with smart properties: their fabrications and sustainable applications

Y Zhang, X Xia, K Ma, G Xia, M Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Benefiting from inherent lightweight, flexibility, and good adaptability to human body,
functional textiles are attracting tremendous attention to cope with wearable issues in …

Challenges and strategies for commercialization and widespread practical applications of superhydrophobic surfaces

L Li, J Wei, J Zhang, B Li, Y Yang, J Zhang - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Superhydrophobic (SH) surfaces have progressed rapidly in fundamental research over the
past 20 years, but their practical applications lag far behind. In this perspective, we first …

Flexible MXene‐based hydrogel enables wearable human–computer interaction for intelligent underwater communication and sensing rescue

Y Ni, X Zang, J Chen, T Zhu, Y Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Conductive hydrogels have recently attracted extensive attention in the field of smart
wearable electronics. Despite the current versatility of conductive hydrogels, the balance …

Antibacterial superhydrophobic cotton fabric with photothermal, self-cleaning, and ultraviolet protection functionalities

E Pakdel, J Sharp, S Kashi, W Bai… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cotton fabrics with superhydrophobic, antibacterial, UV protection, and photothermal
properties were developed using Ag/PDMS coatings, and the role of coating formulations on …

Large-scale fabrication of superhydrophobic shape memory composite films for efficient anti-icing and de-icing

X Li, Y Liu, J Leng - Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2023 - Elsevier
Ice and snow accretion on outdoor facilities may degrade their functions and reduce their
service life. Superwetting materials have been widely studied and present high potential in …

A patterned knitted fabric with reversible gating stability for dynamic moisture management of human body

Y Lin, N Cheng, N Meng, C Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Developing dynamic moisture management of textiles is of great significance for smart
clothing. However, the current pore‐actuated fabric suffers from macro‐dimensional …

Fiber-based noncontact sensor with Stretchability for underwater wearable sensing and VR applications

Q Liang, D Zhang, T He, Z Zhang, H Wang, S Chen… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The rapid development of artificial intelligent wearable devices has led to an increasing
need for seamless information exchange between humans, machines, and virtual spaces …

Hierarchically interlocked helical conductive yarn enables ultra-stretchable electronics and smart fabrics

W Zhang, J Miao, M Tian, X Zhang, T Fan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Simultaneously achieving high mechanical elasticity and electrical conductivity is essentially
required for wearable electronics and smart fabrics. However, great challenges still remain …

Environmentally-friendly foam-coating synthetic strategy for fabrics with robust superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning capability and flame retardance properties

W Li, L Yang, X Xie, KH Ng, F Xu, C Zheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fiber fabrics, especially those with multi-functions, play an important role in the realm of
construction industry, ecology, aerospace, etc. In this work, a novel one-step foam-coating …

Mussel-inspired fabrication of an environment-friendly and self-adhesive superhydrophobic polydopamine coating with excellent mechanical durability, anti-icing and …

J Tian, X Qi, C Li, G Xian - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 - ACS Publications
Superhydrophobic coatings play a crucial role in self-cleaning and anti-icing infrastructure
areas under harsh service environments such as very low temperature, strong wind, and …