Smart textiles for protection /

Smart textiles are materials and structures that sense and react to environmental conditions or stimuli, and their integration into protective clothing has led to the development of products with greatly enhanced protective capabilities in hazardous situations. Smart textiles for protection provides...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Chapman, R. A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2013
Series:Woodhead publishing in textiles ; no. 133.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Smart textiles are materials and structures that sense and react to environmental conditions or stimuli, and their integration into protective clothing has led to the development of products with greatly enhanced protective capabilities in hazardous situations. Smart textiles for protection provides a comprehensive analysis of smart materials used in producing protective textiles, and explores a wide range of end-use protective applications. Part one reviews smart materials and technologies. Beginning with an overview of smart textiles for protection, this section goes on to discuss typ.
Physical Description:1 online resource (414 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857097620
0857097628
0857090569
9780857090560
ISSN:2042-0803 ;
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 11, 2013).