A new approach to functionalize the surface of polyester textiles is described in this study. Functionalization was achieved by incorporating pH/temperature-responsive polyelectrolyte microgels into the textile surface layer using UV irradiation. The aim of functionalization was to regulate polyester wettability according to ambient conditions by imparting stimuli-responsiveness from the microg...

Electronic Textiles (e-textiles) are fabrics that feature electronics and interconnections woven into them, presenting physical flexibility and typical size that cannot be achieved with other existing electronic manufacturing techniques. Components and interconnections are intrinsic to the fabric and thus are less visible and not susceptible of becoming tangled or snagged by surrounding objects...

The concept of replacing threads with flexible wires and sensors in a fabric to provide an underlying platform for integrating electronic components is known as e-textiles. This concept can be used to design applications involving different types of electronic components including sensors, digital signal processors, microcontrollers, color-changing fibers, and power sources. The adaptability of...

0140-3664/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2009.11.011 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +961 9 547254/2166; E-mail addresses: [email protected] (Z. Nakad),mt vt.edu (T. Martin), [email protected] (W. Fawaz). The abundance of fabrics in our life offers immense possibilities for ubiquitous electronic integration. Electronic textiles (e-textiles) represent the merging of f...

The purpose of this work is to assess and develop experimental techniques that allowwicking measurement over a wide range of textiles. Various kinds of fabrics, nonwoven layers and anelectro spinning nylon layer were used as the test materials. A syringe is used to drop a 0.02 g spot ofdistilled water on the sample and a digital camera to take pictures simultaneously. When the wickingprocess st...

The main objective of this study is to assess the reuse naturally old ballast that was removed from an operating railroad. In order verify viability its reuse, laboratory tests were carried out, based on procedures and parameters established in literature. would reduce costs, minimize disposal material quarry extraction. There are several standards regulations ballast’s (gravel) properties, suc...

s reusing both the products of previous software projects, and the processes deployed to produce them, leading to a wide pectrum of reuse approaches, from the building blocks (reusing products) approach on one hand, to the generative or t reusable processor (reusing processes) on the other [68]. We discuss the implication of such approaches on the organiza ion, control, and method of software d...