Trident™ Tx Application Highlight: Thermal Effusivity and Touch Perception
The following Application Highlight addresses the correlation of material thermal touch perception to thermal effusivity using the Modified Transient Plane Source (MTPS) and a human touch...
Polymer-Encapsulated Aerogel Fibers Prepared via Coaxial Wet Spinning with Stepwise Coagulation for Thermal Insulation
Abstract: Polymer-encapsulated aerogel fibers with high porosity, low density, and good mechanical properties are promising candidates for thermal insulation materials. However, the fabrication of...
Hygroscopic and cool boron nitride Nanosheets/Regenerated flax fiber material microstructure Dual-Cooling composite fabric
Abstract: Developing cooling textiles with unidirectional water transport performances and high thermal conductivities is essential for personal thermal and wet comfort in human activities. We report...
Comfort properties of special clothes worn by sufferers from atopic dermatitis
Abstract: This article investigates the performance of special knitwear made and recommended for sufferers of atopic dermatitis. Atopic dermatitis is a condition that causes dry, itchy and inflamed...
Pickering emulsion of cellulose nanofibrils stabilized phase change materials for thermal management applications
Abstract: Phase change materials (PCM) has been increasingly used over the past decades to combat the large amount of energy needed for thermal comfort of human beings. Organic PCM is desired in...
Thermal Physics Concepts: The Role of the Thermal Effusivity
Abstract: Inspired by a previously published TPT article,1 this paper describes the concept of thermal effusivity and the role of this parameter in understanding thermal physics concepts, in...
Measuring Cool Touch of Key Sports Performance Apparel T-Shirt Materials Using a Modified Transient Plane Source (MTPS) Sensor to Inform Future Technology Development
Abstract: The sports performance apparel industry leads the effort of innovating materials to keep athletes cool while training and competing. Recently there is a trend where sports product...
Measurement Method of Thermal Conductivity of Fabrics Based on TPS and MTPS
Abstract—In order to explore the accuracy and correlation of measuring the thermal conductivity of fabrics by plane source technology and transient method, 21 pure fabrics and blended fabrics with...
Testing thermal properties of textiles
Abstract: Textile materials play an important role to protect from heat and cold or maintain thermal comfort and decrease temperature variations that can be caused by external elements such as...