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Smart Textile and Polymer Materials II
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Smart Textile and Polymer Materials II

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2024 | Viewed by 1848

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Zhaoling Li

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Key Laboratory of Textile Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Interests: funtional fibers; smart textiles; triboelectric nanogenerator; pressure sensor; electronic skin for energy; sensing; environment; electronic applications
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Prof. Dr. Yang Zhou

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State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China
Interests: surface functionalization or self-assembly of micro/nanofibers; interface physical chemistry; fiber-reinforced composite materials; polymer composites; organic/inorganic hybrid materials; photo/electronic smart-response functional fibers
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Smart or intelligent structures are those that are either solely capable of sensing changes in their environment or have the dual functionality of not only detecting various stimuli in their environment but are also able to respond to these changes in their environment. Smart textiles are a kind of smart fabric or material that have the capability to physically respond to their environment or external stimuli in their behavior, such as electrical, size, optical, chemical, biochemical triggers or enzymatic activity. Smart textiles can maintain some of the intrinsic properties of traditional textiles when their environment or external stimuli change. In general, smart textiles can be created by coating smart polymers in industrial technologies, forming polymer network structures; this can be achieved through crosslinking around the fibers of fabrics.

This Special Issue entitled “Smart Textile and Polymer Materials” is dedicated to recent research and development regarding smart textiles and response-based polymer materials, including, but not limited to, fiber-based energy harvesting devices, energy storage devices, chromatic devices, color and shape changes, sensing, drug release, and ultraviolet resistant, electrically conductive, optical, hydrophobic and flame-retardant materials. Papers concerning thermal-responsive polymers, moisture-responsive polymers, thermal-responsive hydrogels, pH-responsive hydrogels, and light-responsive polymers which are attractive to be applied in the field of smart textiles, as well as fabrication procedures and application characteristics of multifunctional fiber devices such as fiber-shaped solar cells, lithium–ion batteries, actuators and electrochromic fibers are also welcome.

This Special Issue will publish full research papers, communications, and critical reviews. It will provide a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers from universities, research centers, and industry working on smart textiles and polymers around the world to share the latest results, the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as the synthesis and characterization of smart materials in their applications in basic and industrial processes.

Prof. Dr. Zhaoling Li
Prof. Dr. Yang Zhou
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • smart textiles (monitoring body movements, the detection of metabolic indexes, thermochromic fabrics, shape change, ultraviolet resistant, flame-retardant, and ultra-hydrophobic materials, etc.)
  • stimuli responsive polymer (electronic skin, moisture-responsive, temperature-responsive, pH-responsive, stronger, self-healing, self-cleaning, memory, drug delivery and release, or tissue engineering, etc.)
  • surface functionalization
  • advanced fibers (electrospinning fiber, conductive fiber, piezo fiber, modified polyimide fiber, etc.)
  • fibers or textiles in environmental monitoring, energy storage, energy collection, lithium–ion battery, etc.

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Efficient Synthesis of Fe3O4/PPy Double-Carbonized Core-Shell-like Composites for Broadband Electromagnetic Wave Absorption
by Ahmed Elhassan, Xiaoshuang Lv, Ibrahim Abdalla, Jianyong Yu, Zhaoling Li and Bin Ding
Polymers 2024, 16(8), 1160; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/polym16081160 - 20 Apr 2024
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Ever-increasing electromagnetic pollution largely affects human health, sensitive electronic equipment, and even military security, but current strategies used for developing functional attenuation materials cannot be achieved in a facile and cost-effective way. Here, a unique core-shell-like composite was successfully synthesized by a simple [...] Read more.
Ever-increasing electromagnetic pollution largely affects human health, sensitive electronic equipment, and even military security, but current strategies used for developing functional attenuation materials cannot be achieved in a facile and cost-effective way. Here, a unique core-shell-like composite was successfully synthesized by a simple chemical approach and a rapid microwave-assisted carbonization process. The obtained composites show exceptional electromagnetic wave absorption (EMWA) properties, including a wide effective absorption band (EAB) of 4.64 GHz and a minimum reflection loss (RLmin) of −26 dB at 1.6 mm. The excellent performance can be attributed to the synergistic effects of conductive loss, dielectric loss, magnetic loss, and multiple reflection loss within the graphene-based core–shell-like composite. This work demonstrates a convenient, rapid, eco-friendly, and cost-effective method for synthesizing high-performance microwave absorption materials (MAMs). Full article
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A Comparative Study of Removal of Acid Red 27 by Adsorption on Four Different Chitosan Morphologies
by Hongli Wu, Jiaying Zhou, Sai Zhang, Ping Niu, Haoming Li, Zhongmin Liu, Ning Zhang, Chunhui Li, Liping Wang and Yudong Wang
Polymers 2024, 16(7), 1019; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/polym16071019 - 08 Apr 2024
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To investigate the relationship between structures and adsorption properties, four different morphologies of chitosan, with hydrogel (CSH), aerogel (CSA), powder (CSP), and electrospinning nanofiber (CSEN) characteristics, were employed as adsorbents for the removal of Acid Red 27. The structures and morphologies of the [...] Read more.
To investigate the relationship between structures and adsorption properties, four different morphologies of chitosan, with hydrogel (CSH), aerogel (CSA), powder (CSP), and electrospinning nanofiber (CSEN) characteristics, were employed as adsorbents for the removal of Acid Red 27. The structures and morphologies of the four chitosan adsorbents were characterized with SEM, XRD, ATR-FTIR, and BET methods. The adsorption behaviors and mechanisms of the four chitosan adsorbents were comparatively studied. All adsorption behaviors exhibited a good fit with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model (R2 > 0.99) and Langmuir isotherm model (R2 > 0.99). Comparing the adsorption rates and the maximum adsorption capacities, the order was CSH > CSA > CSP > CSEN. The maximum adsorption capacities of CSH, CSA, CSP, and CSEN were 2732.2 (4.523), 676.7 (1.119), 534.8 (0.885), and 215.5 (0.357) mg/g (mmol/g) at 20 °C, respectively. The crystallinities of CSH, CSA, CSP, and CSEN were calculated as 0.41%, 6.97%, 8.76%, and 39.77%, respectively. The crystallinity of the four chitosan adsorbents was the main factor impacting the adsorption rates and adsorption capacities, compared with the specific surface area. With the decrease in crystallinity, the adsorption rates and capacities of the four chitosan adsorbents increased gradually under the same experimental conditions. CSH with a low crystallinity and large specific surface area resulted in the highest adsorption rate and capacity. Full article
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The Development and Performance of Knitted Cool Fabric Based on Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene
by Yajie Zhao, Zhijia Dong, Haijun He and Honglian Cong
Polymers 2024, 16(3), 325; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/polym16030325 - 25 Jan 2024
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In order to withstand high-temperature environments, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibers with cooling properties are being increasingly used in personal thermal management textiles during the summer. However, there is relatively little research on its combination with knitting. In this paper, we combine [...] Read more.
In order to withstand high-temperature environments, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibers with cooling properties are being increasingly used in personal thermal management textiles during the summer. However, there is relatively little research on its combination with knitting. In this paper, we combine UHMWPE fiber and knitting structure to investigate the impact of varying UHMWPE fiber content and different knitting structures on the heat and humidity comfort as well as the cooling properties of fabrics. For this purpose, five kinds of different proportions of UHMWPE and polyamide yarn preparation, as well as five kinds of knitted tissue structures based on woven tissue were designed to weave 25 knitted fabrics. The air permeability, moisture permeability, moisture absorption and humidity conduction, thermal property, and contact cool feeling property of the fabrics were tested. Then, orthogonal analysis and correlation analysis were used to statistically evaluate the properties of the fabrics statistically. The results show that as the UHMWPE content increases, the air permeability, heat conductivity, and contact cool feeling property of the fabrics improve. The moisture permeability, moisture absorption and humidity conductivity of fabrics containing UHMWPE are superior to those containing only polyamide. The air permeability, moisture permeability, and thermal conductivity of the fabrics formed by the tuck plating organization are superior to those of the flat needle plating and float wire plating organization. The fabric formed by 2 separate 2 float wire organization has the best moisture absorption, humidity conduction, contact cool feeling property. Full article
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