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Smart and Functional Textiles is an application-oriented book covering a wide range of areas from multifunctional nanofinished textiles, coated and laminated textiles, wearable e-textiles, textile-based sensors and actuators, thermoregulating textiles, to smart medical textiles and stimuli-responsive textiles. It also includes chapters on 3D printed smart textiles, automotive smart textiles, smart textiles in military and defense, as well as functional textiles used in care and diagnosis of Covid-19.

3D Printing. --- Automotive Textiles. --- Chromic Materials. --- Conductive Textiles. --- Energy Harvesting Textiles. --- Functional Coatings. --- Functional Textiles. --- Material Characterization and Properties. --- Materials Science, Nanomaterials. --- Medical Textiles. --- Nanotechnology. --- Phase Change Materials. --- Polymer Nanocomposites. --- Polymers. --- Protective Textiles. --- Sensors and Actuators. --- Smart Textiles. --- Stimuli Responsive Materials. --- Thermoregulating Textiles. --- Wearable Electronics.

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Today, mainly man-made materials, such as carbon and glass fibers, are used to produce composite parts in aviation. Renewable materials, such as natural fibers or bio-sourced resin systems, have not yet found their way into aviation. The project ECO-COMPASS aims to evaluate the potential applications of ecologically improved composite materials in the aviation sector in an international collaboration of Chinese and European partners. Natural fibers such as flax and ramie will be used for different types of reinforcements and sandwich cores. Furthermore, bio-based epoxy resins to substitute bisphenol-A based epoxy resins in secondary structures are under investigation. Adapted material protection technologies to reduce environmental influence and to improve fire resistance are needed to fulfil the demanding safety requirements in aviation. Modelling and simulation of chosen eco-composites aims for an optimized use of materials while a Life Cycle Assessment aims to prove the ecological advantages compared to synthetic state-of-the-art materials. This Special Issue provides selected papers from the project consortium partners.

physical properties --- n/a --- plant fiber --- fracture toughness --- eco-composite --- functional composites --- flax fibre --- balsa --- bio-composites --- hybrid composite --- interface --- itaconic acid --- sandwich structures --- nonwoven --- flax --- engineering applications --- paper --- carbon nanotubes --- composite --- recycled carbon fibre --- poly-lactic acid --- rosin acid --- aviation sector --- crack sensing --- bio-sourced epoxy --- life cycle assessment --- natural fibre --- electrical properties --- glass fibre --- polymer nanocomposites --- environmental impacts --- multi-scale modeling --- function integrated interleave --- ramie fiber --- bio-based epoxy --- hybrid --- fabric --- sound absorption --- microstructures --- thermosetting resin --- wet-laying --- electrical conductivity --- green composite

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This Special Issue focuses on the current state-of-the-art of “Polymer Clay Nano-Composites” for biomedical, anticorrosion, antibacterial, and other applications. Clay–polymer composite nanomaterials represent an emerging area of research. Loading polymers with clay particles essentially enhances the composite strength features. Of particular interest are different nano-assembly methods, such as silane mono and multilayers, polyelectrolyte layer-by-layer assembly, and others. An important development was reached for tubular and fibrous clay nanoparticles, such as halloysite, sepiolite, and imogolite. Polymer clay nanoparticles can be prepared as sheets with 1-nm thickness and width of a few hundred nm (e.g., kaolin and montmorillonite). Fibrous clays significantly reinforce the nano-composites in the assembly with biopolymers and other green polymers, leading to functional hybrid bio nano-composites. The scope of this Special Issue comprehensively includes the synthesis and characterization of polymer clay nano-composites used for several applications, including nano-clay polymer composites and hybrid nano-assemblies.

graphene oxide --- n/a --- polysaccharide --- water resistance --- nanocomposites --- layered silicate --- polyimide --- intercalation --- barrier --- composite --- indentation recovery --- ionic network --- organically modified clays --- nanotechnology --- 2-polybutadiene --- doxorubicin --- sericite --- adsorption --- morphology --- phenyltrimethylammonium chloride --- supercritical CO2 --- blowing agent --- halloysite nanotubes --- mechanical properties --- glycerol --- ammonium persulfate --- TGA --- 1 --- interfacial interactions --- carbon fibers --- nanocomposite materials --- silica sol --- N?-methylenebisacrylamide --- intercalation stability --- polymer composites --- clay–polymer nanocomposites --- in-situ intercalation --- attapulgite/polypyrrole nanocomposite --- fish gelatin --- polyacrylic acid --- fuzzy optimization --- AFM --- variable cost --- organic montmorillonite --- positron annihilation --- whey protein isolate --- interface --- CTAB --- N --- hyaluronic acid --- swelling capacity --- water shutoff --- montmorillonite --- sol–gel transition --- in situ polymerization --- hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide --- clay-amine interaction mechanisms --- gelation kinetics --- FTIR --- surface grafting --- Pareto set --- la uptake and release --- polyamines --- polystyrene foam --- CD44 receptor targeted --- tribological property --- polyethylene oxide --- structure effects --- catalytic composite --- polystyrene --- nanoclay --- thermal stability --- sacrificial bond --- Pd catalysis --- radical polymerization --- dental resins --- reinforcing --- montmorillonite clays --- coatings --- atrazine --- cellulose nanofibrils --- soap-free emulsion polymerization --- LAP --- doubly functionalized montmorillonite --- dispersion --- organo-clays --- clay-polymer nanocomposites --- sol-gel transition

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Antimicrobial packaging has recently attracted a great deal of interest from the food industry due to the boost in consumer demand for minimally-processed, preservative-free products. Antimicrobial polymeric packaging systems can be considered an emerging technology that could have an important impact on shelf life extension and food safety. Novel polymeric-based packaging materials are continually being developed. This book collects carefully chosen examples of the most recent and relevant advances in the preparation and characterization of antimicrobial composites for food packaging applications. Different polymer nanocomposites with improved packaging properties are discussed along with their mechanisms of action. Further, future perspectives for antimicrobial polymeric nanomaterials are provided.

Research & information: general --- coatings --- Eucomis comosa extract --- antibacterial --- antimicrobial properties --- antimicrobial --- EVOH --- essential oils --- carvacrol --- halloysite nanotubes --- multilayered films --- strawberry --- nano-Ag packaging --- storage --- quality change --- antibacterial activity --- food packaging --- orange oil --- pectin film --- bionanocomposites --- polyhydroxybutyrate --- bacterial cellulose --- antimicrobial activity --- thermal properties --- packaging --- morphology --- Polylactic acid (PLA) --- TiO2 nanoparticles --- polymer nanocomposites --- antibacterial packaging --- cinnamon extraction oil --- algae --- biodegradation --- shelf-life --- chitosan --- composite films --- cross-linking --- physical properties --- bacteriostasis properties --- antiradical activity --- hydroxypropylmethylcellulose --- lignin --- pathogenic microorganisms --- organosolv --- blackberry --- arrowroot starch --- gum arabic --- freeze-drying --- water solubility --- water vapor permeability --- anthocyanins --- antioxidant capacity --- powder --- ZnAl hydroxide --- hybrid --- urea method --- chitosan amount --- poly(lactic acid) --- thymol --- β-cyclodextrin --- antifungal activity --- metal oxide nanoparticles --- vegetable oils --- thermosetting polymers --- antibacterial properties --- nanocomposites --- reactive oxygen species --- n/a

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Antimicrobial packaging has recently attracted a great deal of interest from the food industry due to the boost in consumer demand for minimally-processed, preservative-free products. Antimicrobial polymeric packaging systems can be considered an emerging technology that could have an important impact on shelf life extension and food safety. Novel polymeric-based packaging materials are continually being developed. This book collects carefully chosen examples of the most recent and relevant advances in the preparation and characterization of antimicrobial composites for food packaging applications. Different polymer nanocomposites with improved packaging properties are discussed along with their mechanisms of action. Further, future perspectives for antimicrobial polymeric nanomaterials are provided.

Research & information: general --- coatings --- Eucomis comosa extract --- antibacterial --- antimicrobial properties --- antimicrobial --- EVOH --- essential oils --- carvacrol --- halloysite nanotubes --- multilayered films --- strawberry --- nano-Ag packaging --- storage --- quality change --- antibacterial activity --- food packaging --- orange oil --- pectin film --- bionanocomposites --- polyhydroxybutyrate --- bacterial cellulose --- antimicrobial activity --- thermal properties --- packaging --- morphology --- Polylactic acid (PLA) --- TiO2 nanoparticles --- polymer nanocomposites --- antibacterial packaging --- cinnamon extraction oil --- algae --- biodegradation --- shelf-life --- chitosan --- composite films --- cross-linking --- physical properties --- bacteriostasis properties --- antiradical activity --- hydroxypropylmethylcellulose --- lignin --- pathogenic microorganisms --- organosolv --- blackberry --- arrowroot starch --- gum arabic --- freeze-drying --- water solubility --- water vapor permeability --- anthocyanins --- antioxidant capacity --- powder --- ZnAl hydroxide --- hybrid --- urea method --- chitosan amount --- poly(lactic acid) --- thymol --- β-cyclodextrin --- antifungal activity --- metal oxide nanoparticles --- vegetable oils --- thermosetting polymers --- antibacterial properties --- nanocomposites --- reactive oxygen species --- n/a