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12‐3: Smart Fabrics Functionalized by Liquid Crystals
Author(s) -
Wang Junren,
Kolacz Jakub,
Chen Yijing,
Jákli Antal,
Kawalec Jill,
Benitez Margarita,
West John L
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1002/sdtp.11597
Subject(s) - spinning , materials science , electrospinning , liquid crystal , nanotechnology , volume (thermodynamics) , composite material , jet (fluid) , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , polymer , engineering , aerospace engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
We report liquid crystal functionalized smart fabrics fabricated by gas jet spinning or electrospinning. These fabrics retain all the stimuli‐responsive properties of liquid crystals. Because they are flexible, self‐supporting and have large surface‐area‐to‐volume ratios, these fabrics are ideally suited for an array of sensing applications.