Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Surfaces Using Viral Nano-templates
ApplicationsSuperhydrophobic surfaces have applications in self-cleaning of buildings, solar panels, vehicles, and textiles. Superhydrophobic surfaces can be used in drag reduction and increasing heat...
View ArticleCarbon Nanotube Growth on Basalt Fiber
ApplicationsThis technology has applications in industries that require high temperature-resistant fibers for fabrication of refractory textiles or reinforcement of structural materials where it can...
View ArticleFibers with Large Area Electrodes and Piezoelectric Fibers
ApplicationsThe invention can be used in a variety of novel applications in the field of telecommunications and medical imaging such as fabric-to-fabric communications, distributed sensing, and...
View ArticleAdvanced Textiles to Inactivate Chemical and Biological Threats
ApplicationsThis technology can be used for a variety of purposes, including the following: chemical inactivation coating, as in HAZMAT suits; military protection, such as from nerve or mustard gas; in...
View ArticleLayer-by-layer TiO2 Nanocoating on Electrospun Polymers for Increased...
ApplicationsThis technique can be used on complex substrates to make protective clothing systems, sensors, and reactive filters. The use of electrospun fiber mats as substrate provides a robust...
View ArticleGel-electrospinning Process for High Performance Polymer Nanofibers
ApplicationThis technology can be applied to make polymer nano-fibers with mechanical properties comparable to conventional high-performance fibers. These fibers might be used to develop all-polymer...
View ArticleAutomated Spray-LbL Technology
ApplicationsAutomated Spray-LbL (Layer-by-Layer) technology consists of an automated apparatus that can be used to deposit Spray-LbL thin films, thus allowing a decrease in process time while...
View ArticleSpectrometer Devices and Fabric from Co-drawn Conducting, Semiconducting,...
ApplicationsOptoelectronic functional fabrics and large area functional surfacesTunable narrow band fiber photodetectorsFibers for dual electron-photon transportProblem AddressedElectronic and...
View ArticleInfrared Transparent Visible Opaque Fabrics (ITVOF)
ApplicationsThe materials in this technology have been engineered primarily for clothing . The material enables thermal radiative heat transfer to increase user comfort. These fabrics provide cooling...
View ArticlePre-Stretched & Constrained Transformable Textiles
Applications The presented technology has potential applications in a wide range of textile-based products. Generally speaking, the technology may be applied to textile product production lines as a...
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