Nanosensors and Nanodevices for Smart Multifunctional Textiles

Nanotechnology has been incorporated into a wide range of garments to improve the durability of clothing / apparel and create new properties for a special end-used application. It also incorporates wearable electronics into clothing to make it smarter. Smart nano-textiles refers to the uses and integration of smart nanocoatings, nanosensors and nanodevices in multifunctional textiles, since they are both low cost and have low power consumption. Various organic and inorganic nanomaterials can be used in garments to improve their properties and create new properties such as anti-bacterial, superhydrophobic, auto-cleaning, self-cleaning, stain repellent, wrinkle-free, static eliminating, fire resistant and electrically conductive properties.

This book focuses on the fundamental concepts and approaches for the preparation of smart nanotextiles, their properties, and their applications in multifarious industries, including smart garments, biomedicine, construction/building materials, energy conversion/storage, automotive/aerospace industries and agriculture.

Shows how nanotechnology is being used to be able to enhance textiles with smart properties, including anti-bacterial, superhydrophobic and auto-cleaningExplores which nanomaterial types are most compatible with particular textile classesAssesses the major challenges of integrating nanosensors and nanodevices into textiles

PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS 1. Smart nano-textiles: An introduction 2. Advanced characterization techniques for textiles 3. Methods for design and fabrication of nanosensors used in textiles 4. Methods for design and fabrication of nanodevices used in textiles 5. Nanosensors for passive smart textiles 6. Nanosensors and nanodevices for active smart textiles 7. Mathematical modeling and simulation of smart textiles

PART 2: APPLICATIONS 8. Water and oil repellent textiles 9. Nanobased antibacterial textiles 10. Smart electronic yarns and wearable fabrics for human biomonitoring 11. Organic electronics on natural cotton fibres 12. Electroconductive cotton textiles using graphene 13. Carbon coated textiles for flexible energy storage 14. Nanopatterned textile-based wearable triboelectric nanogenerator 15. Highly sensitive biosensors from textiles 16. Soft capacitor fibers using conductive polymers for electronic textiles 17. Flexible fiber batteries 18. Design transforming dress based on pneumatic systems 19. Structures of novel antimicrobial agents for textiles 20. Color-changing and color-tunable photonic bandgap fiber textiles 21. Smart and electronic textiles 22. Smart textiles in healthcare 23. Light emitting textiles for photodynamic therapy textiles 24. Textile nano-antennas 25. Flexible photovoltaic cells embedded into textile structures 26. Textiles for flexible solar cells and 3D printable materials

PART 3: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND FUTURE SCOPES 27. Environmental impacts 28. Future scopes and current applications of smart-nanotextiles