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Exploring the Abilities of 3D Printing and its Viability for Consumption in the Fashion Industry [PDF]

, 2017
With the ever-evolving state of today’s technology, designers and retailers in the apparel industry are seeking out new technological methods that have the capacity to revolutionize and individualize their brand, as well as meet consumer needs and ...
Corral, Laura C, Walker, Kaitlyn J
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Thermo‐Mechanically Recyclable Smart Textiles from Circularly Knitted Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Reprogrammable multi‐material smart textiles knitted from liquid crystal elastomer fibers undergo 2D and 3D deformation under thermal and photo stimuli. Circularly knitted tubular structures reversibly contract in radial and axial directions, enabling autonomous climbing, liquid release, and micro pumping.
Xue Wan, Tongxiang Deng, Linda Plaude, Bo Gao, Siyao Chen, Fabien Sorin, Kaspar M. B. Jansen, Kun Zhou, Albert P. H. J. Schenning   +8 more
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Metal–Organic Frameworks for Gaseous Pollutant Management: From Capture to Neutralization and Reutilization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review maps how MOFs can manage hazardous gases by combining adsorption, neutralization, and reutilization, enabling sustainable air‐pollution control. Covering chemical warfare agent simulants, SO2, NOx, NH3, H2S, and volatile organic compounds, it highlights structure‐guided strategies that boost selectivity, water tolerance, and cycling ...
Yuanmeng Tian, Zeyu Tao, Kaikai Ma, Xiaoliang Wang, Bo Yu, Yiu Wan Yip, Zhijie Chen, Jin Shang, Bin Fei   +8 more
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Free Trade’s Looming Threat to the World’s Garment Workers [PDF]

, 2003
In this working paper, the authors challenge the ideology of free trade. The paper focuses on the damaging effects of one particular free trade policy – the phase-out of textile and apparel quotas – and its impact on the global garment ...
Bas, Nikki Fortunato, Foo, Lora Jo
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Real‐Time 3D Ultrasound Imaging with an Ultra‐Sparse, Low Power Architecture

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents a novel, ultra‐sparse ultrasound architecture that paves the way for wearable real‐time 3D imaging. By integrating a unique convolutional array with chirped data acquisition, the system achieves high‐resolution volumetric scans at a fraction of the power and hardware complexity.
Colin Marcus, Md Osman Goni Nayeem, Aastha Shah, Jason Hou, Shrihari Viswanath, Maya Eusebio, David Sadat, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Tolga Ozmen, Canan Dagdeviren   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermo‐Fluorescent Bactericidal Quantum Dots Based Smart Multifunctional Textiles via Molecular Surface Engineering and 3D‐Printed Interlocked Architectures

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A versatile approach is presented for fabricating smart multifunctional textiles by integrating thermo‐fluorescent carbon dot/polymer nanocomposite coatings with 3D‐printed interlocked architectures. The fabrics exhibit temperature‐responsive fluorescence, durable hydrophobicity, strong antibacterial and antioxidant activity, and enhanced UV protection.
Poushali Das, Sayan Ganguly, Parham Khoshbakht Marvi, Misha Muthalali, Fatemeh Parniani, Shiza Hassan, Xiaowu (Shirley) Tang, Seshasai Srinivasan, Amin Reza Rajabzadeh   +8 more
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Consumer choice for purchasing imported apparel goods and its effect on perceived saving in Debre Markos district, Amhara Ethiopia: A logistic regression analysis

Cogent Social Sciences, 2022
Most consumers in developing countries are looking-out to purchasing apparel goods because of economic globalization. Consumers in developing countries usually associate high product prices with high quality; as a result, they need to purchase quality ...
Fasika Chekol, Yigardush Alimaw, Nitsuh Mengist, Ashebir Tsegaye   +3 more
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Fashioning an Industrial Strategy for Garment Workers [PDF]

, 1992
[Excerpt] Since 1984, the [ILGWU] has initiated a series of efforts to better secure the jobs, working conditions, and earnings opportunities of garment workers and to chart new directions for small union manufacturers and contractors.
Parrott, James
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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Domestic small and medium apparel enterprises competition in developing markets

Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2021
Undoubtedly, apparel is one of the most important industries for developing countries in their strive for development and industrialization, since plenty of unskilled workers and shortage of financial resources characterize most of these countries, the ...
Khaled Alsheikh
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