Innovative Structural Design and the Characterisation of Textile Materials
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 5036
Special Issue Editor
Interests: auxetic textiles; spacer textiles; wearable textiles; apparatuses and methods for textiles; functional and smart textiles
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Dear Colleagues,
Innovative Structural Design and the Characterisation of Textile Materials have acquired wide attention for their high performance, functions and intelligence, including in smart wearable products, smart clothing, functional engineering fabrics, intelligent fabrics, biomedical fabrics, etc. This is attributed to the innovative structural design and characterisation of structures and micro/nano materials, in which multiscale structures range from the micro-scale and meso-scale to macroscopic constructions, and in which material performance consists of physical, chemical and biological properties. In this Special Issue, we aim to collect recent academic achievements with the following topics of interest: functional and smart textiles; structure design and enhanced properties of textile materials; characterisation and evaluation methods of textile materials; modelling and simulation methods for the property analysis of textile materials; tactile sense with fabric; and advanced manufacturing and intelligent processing for textile materials, spacer fabrics, auxetic textiles, textile-based nanocomposites, fibre-based structural materials and textiles for diverse applications. This includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- The design, modelling and simulation of the structure and performance of advanced textiles;
- The characterisation of the tactile sense of fabric for humans, the handling of fabric and the comfort of clothing and fabrics;
- Theoretical modelling of textiles with machines under processing;
- Functional thermal-proof textile materials based on structure design and micro/nano materials;
- Smart wearable textiles and garments for health and gesture monitoring and interactive technology;
- Auxetic fibres, yarns, fabrics, membranes, foams, composites and so on;
- Spacer textiles, hollow-structure textiles, porous-structure textiles, and so on;
- Functional textiles with stab-proof, bullet-proof, pressure-releasing and crush-proof materials;
- Flexible smart sensor or device application of advanced textiles;
- High-performance, protective and functional garments for Olympic games;
- The characterisation of the structure and performance of advanced materials;
- Textile-based nanocomposites, fibre-based structural materials and textiles for diverse applications.
Both research papers and review articles are welcome. Please indicate in the cover letter that your submission was invited for this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Zhaoqun Du
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fibres
- yarns
- fabrics
- textiles
- functional materials
- structural design
- material characterisation
- modelling and simulation
- smart wearable materials
- auxetic materials
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