A Thermally Insulating Textile Inspired by Polar Bear Hair

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 30; no. 14; pp. e1706807 - n/a
• Main Authors: Cui, Ying, Gong, Huaxin, Wang, Yujie, Li, Dewen, Bai, Hao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2018
• Subjects: biomimetic; Biomimetics; Carbon nanotubes; Electric heating; Energy consumption; Heat loss; Materials science; personal thermal management; Polar bears; Smart materials; Spinning (materials); Synthetic fibers; Textiles; Thermal insulation; Thermal management; Thermal response; thermal stealth; thermally insulating textile; wearable electronics; thermal stealth; thermally insulating textile; biomimetic; personal thermal management; wearable electronics

Animals living in the extremely cold environment, such as polar bears, have shown amazing capability to keep warm, benefiting from their hollow hairs. Mimicking such a strategy in synthetic fibers would stimulate smart textiles for efficient personal thermal management, which plays an important role...