Bioinspired Asymmetrical Pleated Textile With Unidirectional Transport Channel for Personal Moisture and Thermal Management. [PDF]
Exploration (Beijing)Inspired by the cactus branch, this work proposed an asymmetrical pleated structure textile embedded with a unidirectional water transport channel. Water repellency, water collection, and directional water transport ability are assembled into one unified system by means of the asymmetrical pleated structure, which is expected to enable efficient ...
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From Knitting Technology to Robotics: Untethered Thermally Actuated Textile Exoskeleton for Dexterity Applications. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)A textile‐based exoskeleton glove with integrated thermally driven actuators achieves rapid, low‐power response for dexterous motion. Utilizing advanced knitting methods, embedded heaters, and hybrid yarn sensors, the glove bends in a segmented fashion under 12 s at only 10.8 W and 48 °C.
Ahmed IAK +5 more
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Loop Order Analysis of Weft-Knitted Textiles
Textiles, 2022 In this paper, we describe algorithms that perform loop order analysis of weft-knitted textiles, which build upon the foundational TopoKnit topological data structure and associated query functions.
Levi Kapllani +3 more
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Efficient Poisson’s Ratio Evaluation of Weft-Knitted Auxetic Metamaterials
Textiles, 2023 Auxetic metamaterials expand transversely when stretched longitudinally or contract transversely when compressed, resulting in a negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR).
Kun Luan +4 more
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Ionic Conductive Textiles for Wearable Technology. [PDF]
Adv MaterRecent advances in ionic conductive textiles for wearable technology are summarized, with a focus on soft ionic conductors that exhibit skin‐like flexibility and tissue‐like ion dynamics. Their structures, key characteristics, manufacturing methods, and diverse applications are reviewed.
Fang L, Zhou Y, Huang Q.
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Multifunctional polymer-based composite materials with weft-knitted carbon fibrous fillers [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 The production technology of reinforcement filler for new multifunctional polymer based composites with weft-knitted structure had been proposed. In such reinforcement filler high-strength carbon fibers (CFs) from PAN precursors (wefts) were laid in a ...
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Magnetic Field Analysis and Optimization of the Gauge of Hybrid Maglev Needles
Applied Sciences, 2023 Compared with the traditional needle driving method, hybrid maglev needle driving is a new weft knitting machine technology, which alleviates the problems of noise, heat, and needle breakage.
Tao Xiong +6 more
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Yarn-level deformation for weft-knitted stitches
Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics, 2023 The essential purpose of this research is to exploit and innovate a yarn-level relaxation deformation method for weft-knitted stitches. Each loop formed by knitting yarns was taken as a mass respectively.
Peixiao Zheng +3 more
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Self-Folding Textiles through Manipulation of Knit Stitch Architecture
Fibers, 2015 This research presents a preliminary study on finding predictable methods of controlling the self-folding behaviors of weft knit textiles for use in the development of smart textiles and garment devices, such as those with shape memory, auxetic behavior ...
Chelsea E. Knittel +4 more
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Development of Low Hysteresis, Linear Weft-Knitted Strain Sensors for Smart Textile Applications
Sensors, 2022 In recent years, knitted strain sensors have been developed that aim to achieve reliable sensing and high wearability, but they are associated with difficulties due to high hysteresis and low gauge factor (GF) values.
Beyza Bozali +4 more
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