Recent advances in thermoregulatory clothing: materials, mechanisms, and perspectives

L Lei, S Shi, D Wang, S Meng, JG Dai, S Fu, J Hu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Personal thermal management (PTM) is a promising approach for maintaining the thermal
comfort zone of the human body while minimizing the energy consumption of indoor …

Thermal camouflaging metamaterials

R Hu, W Xi, Y Liu, K Tang, J Song, X Luo, J Wu… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal camouflage technologies, which aim at blending the infrared (IR) signature of
targets into the background to counter the IR detection, have witnessed increasing …

An adaptive multispectral mechano-optical system for multipurpose applications

L Liang, R Yu, SJH Ong, Y Yang, B Zhang, G Ji, ZJ Xu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Mechano-optical systems with on-demand adaptability and a broad spectrum from the
visible to microwave are critical for complex multiband electromagnetic (EM) applications …

Emerging materials and strategies for personal thermal management

R Hu, Y Liu, S Shin, S Huang, X Ren… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this decade, the demands of energy saving and diverse personal thermoregulation
requirements along with the emergence of wearable electronics and smart textiles give rise …

Adaptive infrared-reflecting systems inspired by cephalopods

C Xu, GT Stiubianu, AA Gorodetsky - Science, 2018 - science.org
Materials and systems that statically reflect radiation in the infrared region of the
electromagnetic spectrum underpin the performance of many entrenched technologies …

Nanocellulose: a review on preparation routes and applications in functional materials

Y Qi, Y Guo, AA Liza, G Yang, MH Sipponen, J Guo… - Cellulose, 2023 - Springer
Nanocellulose has a wide range of applications in the field of functional materials, and it has
piqued the interest of researchers for some time. This is because nanocellulose inherits the …

Bioinspired stimuli‐responsive color‐changing systems

G Isapour, M Lattuada - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive colors are a unique characteristic of certain animals, evolved as either a
method to hide from enemies and prey or to communicate their presence to rivals or mates …

Stretchable surfaces with programmable 3D texture morphing for synthetic camouflaging skins

JH Pikul, S Li, H Bai, RT Hanlon, I Cohen… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Technologies that use stretchable materials are increasingly important, yet we are unable to
control how they stretch with much more sophistication than inflating balloons. Nature …

Chameleon-inspired active tunable structural color based on smart skin with multi-functions of structural color, sensing and actuation

W Zhang, H Tian, T Liu, H Liu, F Zhao, X Li… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Tunable structural color has many potential applications in artificial camouflage, mechanical
sensors, etc. Despite the extensive efforts to develop efficient tunable structural color, there …

Designing heat transfer pathways for advanced thermoregulatory textiles

X Lan, Y Wang, J Peng, Y Si, J Ren, B Ding, B Li - Materials Today Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal comfort of textiles plays an indispensable role in the process of human civilization.
Advanced textile for personal thermal management shapes body microclimates by merely …