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Call for Papers / MRS Symposium S
Smart
Nanotextiles
Session
Topics | Invited Speakers | Organizers | Abstract
Submission
Beyond
their protective and aesthetic functions, clothes, as our
second skin, have the potential to acquire an additional
functionality as a personalized and flexible information,
sensing, and actuating platform. The need for functional
garments and clothes is driven, e.g., by personal mobility,
healthcare, or rehabilitation. Recent achievements in nanotechnologies
will create a new momentum in textile research and manufacturing.
The fundamental challenge in System-on-Textile design is
that the drapability and manufacturability of textile and
clothes remain widely unaffected when extending their functionality.
On the other hand, the opportunities of nanoscale manipulation
of textiles are by and large unexploited, e.g., making
fiber conductivity sensitive to motion, temperature, light,
humidity, or chemical environment; hardening fibers using
carbon nanotubes; integrating optically responsive materials;
or nanocoating materials to add an antibacterial and/or
hygienic functionality.
Submissions to this symposium will illustrate
the spectrum of smart textiles by using nanotechnologies.
Furthermore, applications place emphasis on the interdisciplinary
approach between nanotechnology and textile design.
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Session
Topics
Specific
topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Materials
- Polymers
- Nanoparticles and nanotubes
- Conductive and semiconductive
- Modeling and simulation
Functionality
- Sensing and actuating
- Communication and information platform
- Environmental protection
- Energy harvesting and storage
- Antimicrobial and wound dressing
- Water and stain repellence
- Environmental protection and self cleaning
Applications
- Wellness and sport
- Healthcare
- Medication
- Prosthesis
- Rehabilitation
- Military and security
- Fashion
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Invited
Speakers
Invited
speakers include: Ray Baughman (Univ.
of Texas), Danilo DeRossi (Univ. of
Pisa, Italy), Ben Mattes (Santa Fe Science & Technology,
Inc.), Eckhard Schollmeyer (German Textile
Research Ctr.), Mohan Srinivasarao (Georgia
Inst. of Technology), and Gordon Wallace (Univ.
of Wollongong, Australia). |
Symposium
Organizers
Dermot
Diamond
Dublin City University
National Centre for Sensor
Research
Adaptive Sensors Group
Dublin 9, Ireland
Tel 353-1-700-5404
Fax 353-1-700-7995
dermot.diamond@dcu.ie
Xiaoming Tao
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon,
Hong Kong
Tel 852-2766-6470
Fax 852-2954-2521
tctaoxm@polyu.edu.hk
Gerhard
Tröster
ETH
Zürich, Gloriastr. 35
CH-8092
Zurich, Switzerland
Tel 41-44-632-3964
Fax 41-44-632-1210
troester@ife.ee.ethz.ch
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