Advanced materials for personal thermal and moisture management of health care workers wearing PPE

A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019

(2020) Na Zhu et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

An Environmental Analysis of Reusable and Disposable Surgical Gowns

(2020) Eric Vozzola et al.   AORN JOURNAL

“Skin-like” fabric for personal moisture management

(2020) L. Lao et al.   Science Advances

Thermoconductive, Moisture-Permeable, and Superhydrophobic Nanofibrous Membranes with Interpenetrated Boron Nitride Network for Personal Cooling Fabrics

(2020) Xi Yu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Thermoelectric air conditioning undergarment for personal thermal management and HVAC energy saving

(2020) Lun Lou et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

A Numerical Analysis of the Cooling Performance of a Hybrid Personal Cooling System (HPCS): Effects of Ambient Temperature and Relative Humidity

(2020) Pengjun Xu et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Highly Sensitive Bacteria-Responsive Membranes Consisting of Core–Shell Polyurethane Polyvinylpyrrolidone Electrospun Nanofibers for In Situ Detection of Bacterial Infections

(2020) Sarah Currie et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Sustainable Personal Protective Clothing for Healthcare Applications: A Review

(2020) Nazmul Karim et al.   ACS Nano

Medical mask versus cotton mask for preventing respiratory droplet transmission in micro environments

(2020) Kin-Fai Ho et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Charge-Discharge Characteristics of Textile Energy Storage Devices Having Different PEDOT:PSS Ratios and Conductive Yarns Configuration

(2019) Ida Nuramdhani et al.   Polymers

Ultra-high performance wearable thermoelectric coolers with less materials

(2019) Ravi Anant Kishore et al.   Nature Communications

Influence of hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets as the additives on the characteristics and performance of PVDF for air gap membrane distillation

(2019) Jafar Zahirifar et al.   DESALINATION

Metal Coating on Ultrafine Polyester Non-woven Fabrics and Their Ageing Properties

(2019) Azam Ali et al.   FIBERS AND POLYMERS

Development of knitted vest fabrics for human body thermoregulation

(2019) Rashid Masood et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY

A review on Polymeric-Based Phase Change Material for Thermo-Regulating Fabric Application

(2019) Deepak G. Prajapati et al.   Polymer Reviews

Core-Sheath Paraffin-Wax-Loaded Nanofibers by Electrospinning for Heat Storage

(2018) Yuan Lu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Personal thermal management using portable thermoelectrics for potential building energy saving

(2018) Dongliang Zhao et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Thermal performance of co-electrospun fatty acid nanofiber composites in the presence of nanoparticles

(2018) Seyyed Iman Golestaneh et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

One-step fabrication of fatty acids/nano copper/polyester shape-stable composite phase change material for thermal energy management and storage

(2018) Ali Bashiri Rezaie et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

A numerical study on the performance of the thermoelectric module with different heat sink shapes

(2018) Young Min Seo et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Synthesis of nanoencapsulated Glauber’s salt using PMMA shell and its application on cotton for thermoregulating effect

(2018) Kashif Iqbal et al.   CELLULOSE

Thermal resistance matching for thermoelectric cooling systems

(2018) Xing Lu et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Preparation and characterization of cross-linked polyurethane shell microencapsulated phase change materials by interfacial polymerization

(2018) Shaofeng Lu et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Using silicagel industrial wastes to synthesize polyethylene glycol/silica-hydroxyl form-stable phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications

(2018) Keyan Sun et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Synthesis of porous carbon from cotton using an Mg(OH)2 template for form-stabilized phase change materials with high encapsulation capacity, transition enthalpy and reliability

(2018) Dimberu G. Atinafu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Comparison of Thermal Manikin Modeling and Human Subjects’ Response During Use of Cooling Devices Under Personal Protective Ensembles in the Heat

(2018) Tyler Quinn et al.   Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Wearable Polyethylene/Polyamide Composite Fabric for Passive Human Body Cooling

(2018) Ying-Nan Song et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Highly Thermally Conductive Yet Electrically Insulating Polymer/Boron Nitride Nanosheets Nanocomposite Films for Improved Thermal Management Capability

(2018) Jin Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Thermoelectrics: From history, a window to the future

(2018) Davide Beretta et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING R-REPORTS

Cooling vest with optimized PCM arrangement targeting torso sensitive areas that trigger comfort when cooled for improving human comfort in hot conditions

(2017) Mariam Itani et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Innovative PCM-desiccant packet to provide dry microclimate and improve performance of cooling vest in hot environment

(2017) Mariam Itani et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Optimization of heat sink of thermoelectric cooler using entropy generation analysis

(2017) Lin Zhu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCES

Present and future thermal interface materials for electronic devices

(2017) Kafil M. Razeeb et al.   INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS REVIEWS

Dyeing and functional properties of polyester fabric dyed with prodigiosins nanomicelles produced by microbial fermentation

(2017) Yanfei Ren et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

A comprehensive study on optimizing and thermoregulating properties of core–shell fibrous structures through coaxial electrospinning

(2017) Fatemeh Haghighat et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE

Thermal Management in Nanofiber-Based Face Mask

(2017) Ankun Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Dry spinning approach to continuous graphene fibers with high toughness

(2017) Qishi Tian et al.   Nanoscale

Knitted fabric properties influencing coolness to the touch and the relationship between subjective and objective coolness measurements

(2017) Junghyun Park et al.   TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL

Structural evolution and predictive modeling for nonlinear tensile behavior of tri-component elastic-conductive composite yarn during stretch

(2017) Yong Wang et al.   TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL

Physiological Evaluation of Cooling Devices in Conjunction With Personal Protective Ensembles Recommended for Use in West Africa

(2017) Tyler Quinn et al.   Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

A dual-mode textile for human body radiative heating and cooling

(2017) Po-Chun Hsu et al.   Science Advances

Ultrastiff and Strong Graphene Fibers via Full-Scale Synergetic Defect Engineering

(2016) Zhen Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ultrafine lauric–myristic acid eutectic/poly ( meta- phenylene isophthalamide) form-stable phase change fibers for thermal energy storage by electrospinning

(2016) Weiwang Chen et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Efficient on-chip hotspot removal combined solution of thermoelectric cooler and mini-channel heat sink

(2016) Xiaohong Hao et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Super-elastic graphene/carbon nanotube aerogel: A novel thermal interface material with highly thermal transport properties

(2016) Peng Lv et al.   CARBON

Multifunctional superamphiphobic fabrics with asymmetric wettability for one-way fluid transport and templated patterning

(2016) Hui Liu et al.   CELLULOSE

Designing thermoelectric generators for self-powered wearable electronics

(2016) Francisco Suarez et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Designing and testing the optimum design of automotive air-to-air thermoelectric air conditioner (TEAC) system

(2016) Alaa Attar et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Enhanced thermal properties with graphene oxide in the urea-formaldehyde microcapsules containing paraffin PCMs

(2016) Zhen Qiao et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROENCAPSULATION

Overview of wearable electronics and smart textiles

(2016) Mozhdeh Ghahremani Honarvar et al.   JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE

Radiative human body cooling by nanoporous polyethylene textile

(2016) Po-Chun Hsu et al.   SCIENCE

Multifunctional non-woven fabrics of interfused graphene fibres

(2016) Zheng Li et al.   Nature Communications

Microwave structured polyamide-6 nanofiber/net membrane with embedded poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) staple fibers for effective ultrafine particle filtration

(2016) Shichao Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Unusual Air Filters with Ultrahigh Efficiency and Antibacterial Functionality Enabled by ZnO Nanorods

(2015) Zhaoxiang Zhong et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Thermal Conduction in Vertically Aligned Copper Nanowire Arrays and Composites

(2015) Michael T. Barako et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Selective, Spontaneous One-Way Oil-Transport Fabrics and Their Novel Use for Gauging Liquid Surface Tension

(2015) Hongxia Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Wearable Double-Twisted Fibrous Perovskite Solar Cell

(2015) Ru Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Tough Electrodes: Carbon Nanotube Fibers as the Ultimate Current Collectors/Active Material for Energy Management Devices

(2015) Juan J. Vilatela et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Thermally Conductive Graphene-Polymer Composites: Size, Percolation, and Synergy Effects

(2015) Michael Shtein et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Effect of boron nitride addition on properties of vapour grown carbon nanofiber/rubbery epoxy composites for thermal interface applications

(2015) M.A. Raza et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The hybrid personal cooling system (PCS) could effectively reduce the heat strain while exercising in a hot and moderate humid environment

(2015) Wenfang Song et al.   ERGONOMICS

Investigation into the application of low melting temperature alloys as wet thermal interface materials

(2015) Chandan K. Roy et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

A novel personal cooling system (PCS) incorporated with phase change materials (PCMs) and ventilation fans: An investigation on its cooling efficiency

(2015) Yehu Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Highly thermally conductive and mechanically strong graphene fibers

(2015) G. Xin et al.   SCIENCE

Dense dislocation arrays embedded in grain boundaries for high-performance bulk thermoelectrics

(2015) S. I. Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Thermal-electronic behaviors investigation of knitted heating fabrics based on silver plating compound yarns

(2015) Hao Liu et al.   TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL

Wearable energy-dense and power-dense supercapacitor yarns enabled by scalable graphene–metallic textile composite electrodes

(2015) Libin Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Boron nitride materials: an overview from 0D to 3D (nano)structures

(2015) Raul Arenal et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Computational Molecular Science

Core–shell-like structured graphene aerogel encapsulating paraffin: shape-stable phase change material for thermal energy storage

(2015) Shibing Ye et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Ultra-light 3D nanofibre-nets binary structured nylon 6–polyacrylonitrile membranes for efficient filtration of fine particulate matter

(2015) Na Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Infrared-Transparent Visible-Opaque Fabrics for Wearable Personal Thermal Management

(2015) Jonathan K. Tong et al.   ACS Photonics

Materials design towards sport textiles with low-friction and moisture-wicking dual functions

(2015) Yuliang Dong et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Tailoring Surface Hydrophilicity of Porous Electrospun Nanofibers to Enhance Capillary and Push–Pull Effects for Moisture Wicking

(2014) Yuliang Dong et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Core-Spun Carbon Nanotube Yarn Supercapacitors for Wearable Electronic Textiles

(2014) Daohong Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

Droplet and Fluid Gating by Biomimetic Janus Membranes

(2014) Xuelin Tian et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Synthetic and physical characterization of phase change materials microencapsulated by complex coacervation for thermal energy storage applications

(2014) Milad Malekipirbazari et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH

A review of composite and metallic bipolar plates in proton exchange membrane fuel cell: Materials, fabrication, and material selection

(2014) Reza Taherian   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Development of tri-laminate antiviral surgical gown for liquid barrier protection

(2014) V. Parthasarathi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE

All-Solid-State Carbon Nanotube Torsional and Tensile Artificial Muscles

(2014) Jae Ah Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

Winding Aligned Carbon Nanotube Composite Yarns into Coaxial Fiber Full Batteries with High Performances

(2014) Wei Weng et al.   NANO LETTERS

Face to Face with Ebola — An Emergency Care Center in Sierra Leone

(2014) Anja Wolz   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — Clinical Manifestations and Management

(2014) Daniel S. Chertow et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Factors influencing the stability of man-made fibers: A retrospective view for historical textiles

(2014) Anita Quye   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Simultaneous enhancement of latent heat and thermal conductivity of docosane-based phase change material in the presence of spongy graphene

(2014) J.F. Li et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Methods of PCM microcapsules application and the thermal properties of modified knitted fabric

(2014) Alicja Nejman et al.   THERMOCHIMICA ACTA

Graphene fiber: a new material platform for unique applications

(2014) Huhu Cheng et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Novel Electric Double-Layer Capacitor with a Coaxial Fiber Structure

(2013) Xuli Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Optimal design of thermoelectric devices with dimensional analysis

(2013) HoSung Lee   APPLIED ENERGY

Heat protection by different phase change materials

(2013) M. Bühler et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Engineering interfaces in carbon nanostructured mats for the creation of energy efficient thermal interface materials

(2013) Ronald J. Warzoha et al.   CARBON

Enhanced thermal conductivity of phase change materials with ultrathin-graphite foams for thermal energy storage

(2013) Hengxing Ji et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Analysis on optimal heat exchanger size of thermoelectric cooler for electronic cooling applications

(2013) Lin Zhu et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Increasing strength of electrospun nanofiber membranes for water filtration using solvent vapor

(2013) Liwei Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

An investigation about comfort and protection performances of disposable and reusable surgical gowns by objective and subjective measurements

(2013) Selçuk Aslan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE

Strong, Light, Multifunctional Fibers of Carbon Nanotubes with Ultrahigh Conductivity

(2013) N. Behabtu et al.   SCIENCE

Effect of graphene aerogel on thermal behavior of phase change materials for thermal management

(2013) Yajuan Zhong et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Characterization of Natural Dyes and Traditional Korean Silk Fabric by Surface Analytical Techniques

(2013) Jihye Lee et al.   Materials

Superphobicity/philicity Janus Fabrics with Switchable, Spontaneous, Directional Transport Ability to Water and Oil Fluids

(2013) Hua Zhou et al.   Scientific Reports

Electro- and Photodriven Phase Change Composites Based on Wax-Infiltrated Carbon Nanotube Sponges

(2012) Liangjie Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Polyhedral Oligosilsesquioxane-Modified Boron Nitride Nanotube Based Epoxy Nanocomposites: An Ideal Dielectric Material with High Thermal Conductivity

(2012) Xingyi Huang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

State of the Art of Carbon Nanotube Fibers: Opportunities and Challenges

(2012) Weibang Lu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Super-Stretchable Spring-Like Carbon Nanotube Ropes

(2012) Yuanyuan Shang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Facile Fabrication of Light, Flexible and Multifunctional Graphene Fibers

(2012) Zelin Dong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Improving the thermal conductivity and shape-stabilization of phase change materials using nanographite additives

(2012) Jia-Nan Shi et al.   CARBON

Facile preparation and adjustable thermal property of stearic acid–graphene oxide composite as shape-stabilized phase change material

(2012) Benxia Li et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Studies on the Bi2Te3–Bi2Se3–Bi2S3system for mid-temperature thermoelectric energy conversion

(2012) Weishu Liu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Coloration of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fibers using alkyl-substituted anthraquinoid blue dyes

(2012) Taekyeong Kim et al.   FIBERS AND POLYMERS

Personal cooling with phase change materials to improve thermal comfort from a heat wave perspective

(2012) C. Gao et al.   INDOOR AIR

Graphene–Multilayer Graphene Nanocomposites as Highly Efficient Thermal Interface Materials

(2012) Khan M. F. Shahil et al.   NANO LETTERS

Multi-Phase Composite Nanofibers via Electrospinning of Latex Containing Nanocapsules with Core-Shell Morphology

(2012) Reza Faridi-Majidi et al.   POLYMER-PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING

Unidirectional water-penetration composite fibrous film via electrospinning

(2012) Jing Wu et al.   Soft Matter

Effects of the number and position of phase-change material-treated fabrics on the thermo-regulating properties of phase-change material garments

(2012) Hwasook Yoo et al.   TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL

Ultrahigh Density Alignment of Carbon Nanotube Arrays by Dielectrophoresis

(2011) Shashank Shekhar et al.   ACS Nano

A Three-Dimensional Vertically Aligned Functionalized Multilayer Graphene Architecture: An Approach for Graphene-Based Thermal Interfacial Materials

(2011) Qizhen Liang et al.   ACS Nano

Nanoscale investigation of ferroelectric properties in electrospun barium titanate/polyvinylidene fluoride composite fibers using piezoresponse force microscopy

(2011) Avinash Baji et al.   COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Subjective perceptions and ergonomics evaluation of a liquid cooled garment worn under protective ensemble during an intermittent treadmill exercise

(2011) Jung-Hyun Kim et al.   ERGONOMICS

Design optimization of thermoelectric cooling systems for applications in electronic devices

(2011) Yuanyuan Zhou et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFRIGERATION-REVUE INTERNATIONALE DU FROID

Fabrics with self-adaptive wettability controlled by “light-and-dark”

(2011) Yeeyee Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Thermal properties of graphene and nanostructured carbon materials

(2011) Alexander A. Balandin   NATURE MATERIALS

Biscrolling Nanotube Sheets and Functional Guests into Yarns

(2011) M. D. Lima et al.   SCIENCE

Multifunctional ZnO/Nylon 6 nanofiber mats by an electrospinning–electrospraying hybrid process for use in protective applications

(2011) Narendiran Vitchuli et al.   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

Graphene chiral liquid crystals and macroscopic assembled fibres

(2011) Zhen Xu et al.   Nature Communications

The characterization of a cascade thermoelectric cooler in a cryosurgery device

(2010) Nandy Putra et al.   CRYOGENICS

PREDICTION OF HUMAN PSYCHOPHYSICAL PERCEPTION OF FABRIC CRISPNESS AND COOLNESS HAND FROM RAPIDLY MEASURABLE LOW-STRESS MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PARAMETERS

(2010) FABIO ROMBALDONI et al.   JOURNAL OF SENSORY STUDIES

Rotational electromagnetic-field-aided false twisting of metallic filaments

(2010) P. Payvandy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE

Thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes and their polymer nanocomposites: A review

(2010) Zhidong Han et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Thermal comfort: A review paper

(2010) Noël Djongyang et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Towards Thermoconductive, Electrically Insulating Polymeric Composites with Boron Nitride Nanotubes as Fillers

(2009) Chunyi Zhi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Comparison of thermal performances of plate-fin and pin-fin heat sinks subject to an impinging flow

(2009) Dong-Kwon Kim et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

DETERMINATION OF COOLNESS AND DAMPNESS SENSATIONS CREATED BY FABRICS BY FOREARM TEST AND FABRIC MEASUREMENTS

(2009) SIBEL KAPLAN et al.   JOURNAL OF SENSORY STUDIES

Graphene: Status and Prospects

(2009) A. K. Geim   SCIENCE

Development of Phase Change Materials in Clothing Part I: Formulation of Microencapsulated Phase Change

(2009) Fabien Salaün et al.   TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL

Physiological and subjective responses to cooling devices on firefighting protective clothing

(2008) Chinmei Chou et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Efficacy of body ventilation system for reducing strain in warm and hot climates

(2008) Troy D. Chinevere et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Effect of fibre diameter and cross-sectional shape on moisture transmission through fabrics

(2008) Brojeswari Das et al.   FIBERS AND POLYMERS

Superior Thermal Conductivity of Single-Layer Graphene

(2008) Alexander A. Balandin et al.   NANO LETTERS

Phase change materials for smart textiles – An overview

(2007) S. Mondal   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING