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Shape memory training for smart fabrics

George K. Stylios

School of Textiles and Design, Heriot-Watt University, Netherdale, Galashiels TD1 3HF, UK, g.stylios{at}hw.ac.uk

Taoyu Wan

School of Textiles and Design, Heriot-Watt University, Netherdale, Galashiels TD1 3HF, UK

Recent advances in shape memory alloys (SMAs) and shape memory polymers (SMPs) have inspired researchers to create intelligent textiles as self-regulating shape-changing structures responding to environmental variation, contributing to a new field in the scientific frontier of smart materials. This paper shows how appropriate shape memory training can engineer fabric designs to enhance their performance and their aesthetic appeal. Main technologies include the training procedure of shape memory effect (SME) in SMAs and SMPs, the regulation of phase transformation temperatures in SMAs, the manufacture of SMP yarns and SMP coating on fabrics for specific requirements of fabric design. Further attention is also paid to the combination of SMPs or SMAs with textile design of different fabric yarn for promoting specific dynamic aesthetic effects.

Key Words: fabric design • shape memory alloy • shape memory polymer • shape memory training

Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, Vol. 29, No. 3-4, 321-336 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0142331207069479
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