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ADVANCED FABRICS

Advanced Fabrics,558
H.L. Schreuder-Gibson and M.L. Realff, Guest Editors
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Progress toward Dynamic Color-Responsive "Chameleon" Fiber Systems, 564
S.S. Hardaker and R.V. Gregory
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Fabric Systems for Intelligent Garment Design,568
J. Barry, R. Hill, P. Brasser, M. Sobera, C. Kleijn, and P. Gibson
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Chemical and Biological Protection and Detection in Fabrics for Protective Clothing, 574
H.L. Schreuder-Gibson, Q. Truong, J.E. Walker, J.R. Owens, J.D. Wander, and W.E. Jones Jr.
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Assessment of New High-Performance Fibers for Advanced Applications, 579
D.J. Sikkema, M.G. Northolt, and B. Pourdeyhimi
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Smart Textiles: Wearable Electronic Systems, 585
S. Park and S. Jayaraman
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Concepts for Energy-Interactive Textiles, 592
Y.K. Kim and A.F. Lewis
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MRS-I Emphasizes Polymeric Materials and Ion-Beam Processing of Materials at 2003 Conference, 597

Baumvol, de Yoreo, Mantl, and Neenan to Chair 2004 MRS Spring Meeting, 599
MRS Seeks Nominees for 2004 Outstanding Young Investigator Award, 600

Abstracts for September 2003 Journal of Materials Research, 602

Letters to the Editor, 547

Research/Researchers, 547

Technology Advances, 552
Lithium-Ion Battery, Magnetoelastic Environmental Sensor, OLED/Fluorescent Sensor

Science Policy, 555

Image Gallery, 557

Advertisers in This Issue, 596

Upcoming Conferences, 600
Africa-MRS

Conference Reports, 601
International Workshop on Thin Films

Library, 605
Practical Aspects of Finite Element Modeling of Polymer Processing, V. Nassehi, reviewed by B. Finlayson;
Perovskites: Modern and Ancient, R.H. Mitchell, reviewed by M. Stoneham;
Intermetallic Compounds: Principle and Practice; Volume 3: Progress, J.H. Westbrook, R.L. Fleischer, Eds., reviewed by R.W. Cahn

Classified, 606

Volume 28, No. 8
August 2003
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ON THE COVER: Advanced Fabrics. Materials research is producing innovative textiles that sense the environment, interact with the wearer, and outperform earlier fabrics in new ways. A concept for sprayed-on custom garment manufacturing (foreground, image designed and provided by S. Smith, U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center) uses melt-blown and electrospun fibers (background micrographs). Computational fluid dynamics is being used to model the effects of flow fields around the human body (shown here, a model of a soldier) in order to design fabric systems that protect the wearer from, for example, chemical or biological agents. The interdisciplinarity of materials science is leading to fabrics combined with microelectronics, fiber optics, sensors, and other technologies to create advanced garments like the Wearable Motherboard (pictured), which features a single plastic optical fiber spirally integrated into the fabric. See the technical theme that begins on p. 558.