Subvert Future Life! The Total Value Of The Smart Textile Industry Will Reach US $4 Billion 700 Million By 2020.

In recent years textile exhibitions and media often mention the concept of "smart textiles".

Even in super hero movies, super cool smart combat clothing is often an indispensable element.

For example, in the movie Spiderman: Hero's return, the battle suit of small spiders has become an upgraded version of black technology integration. The AI system will talk with Spiderman and assist Spiderman to carry out pre training, built-in GPS tracking system, armpit "spider web wing", mask, "expression eyes" and so on.

It is also a hot topic for scientists to focus a series of functions on clothing.

At present, smart textile is a new generation of textile derived from textile fiber and consumer goods. It is a functional textile. It has the function of perceiving and responding to the external environment, and retaining the texture and characteristics of the textile itself.

Intelligent textiles are intellectualized as special components added to fabrics, which can be electronic devices, special polymers and even colorants.

In a broad sense, smart textiles are highly intelligent textiles which are synthetically developed by using multidisciplinary knowledge such as textile, electronics, chemistry, biology, medicine and so on. Based on the concept of bionics, intelligent textiles can simulate the life system, and have the dual functions of perception and response.

Intelligent textiles in narrow sense refer to intelligent textiles of electronic information.

It integrates microelectronics, information and computer technology into textiles.

According to a India market research company, as a high-tech textile, the total value of the smart textile industry will reach 4 billion 700 million dollars by 2020.

Since the total value of the smart textile industry is less than US $1 billion in 2014, its expected growth will be astonishing - the cumulative annual growth rate is 30%.

This will create an unprecedented field.

It is not just a few products, it is a brand new industry.

Examples of smart textiles

01 photochromic textiles

Photochromic textiles are functional dyes that can change colors and disappear when they are irradiated by ultraviolet or visible light.

Photochromic materials include silver chloride, silver bromide, two styrene, Spiro, norbornadiene, trapping benzene, anhydride, triphenyl methane derivatives, salicylic acid anilines, etc.

At present, photochromic materials have developed to 4 basic colors: purple, yellow, blue and red.

These 4 kinds of optical materials are all closed rings. They are printed on fabric without color. When they are irradiated by ultraviolet rays, they become purple, yellow, blue and red.

02 heat sensitive textiles

Thermochromism is a material that causes color change as temperature changes. The color change material (dye) is mainly reversible.

The TC series produced by the Japanese pine pigment chemical industry Co., Ltd. and the RT series produced in China belong to the thermochromic products.

In the process of taking fabric, different seasons and areas, indoor and outdoor temperatures are different, and show varied colors. Currently, the main color changing coatings and mastering technology are mainly in Britain, Japan and Taiwan.

03 smart watch color fiber

The combination of intelligent color changing fiber and traditional weaving technology has realized the intelligent color change of clothing.

Based on the principle of optical pmission, combined with Internet technology and electronic sensing technology, intelligent intelligent wedding dress is designed and manufactured to achieve APP remote control, one touch discoloration and automatic flash.

04 intelligent thermostatic textiles

In a scientific paper published in 17 in November, a team led by Yi Cui, a US material scientist, made a double faced fabric.

The fabric can be kept warm or cool, depending on which side of the fabric the wearer is facing outwards.

This smart textile can adjust the internal temperature of textiles freely within a certain temperature range according to the change of ambient temperature.

That is to say, when the ambient temperature rises, the phase change material absorbs heat and melts and stores heat; when the external temperature drops.

The phase change material condenses heat and releases heat so that the internal temperature of the fabric remains relatively stable.

05 stretchable battery fabric

The team led by Seokheun Choi, a Bingham University Professor, created a bio based battery based entirely on textiles, which maintains the maximum power of the battery.

In addition, textiles exhibit stable power generation capability under repeated stretching and torsional cycles.

The future application of this technology in wearable clothing is of great significance.

06 intelligent protective textiles

In a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Katherine Mirica and Smith's chemical team studied a new type of smart protective textiles with the softness of textiles.

Its protective function is based on the fabric organization framework and conductive porous materials integrated into soft textiles.

Toxic substances can be captured, pre concentrated and filtered.

This is not just a passive protection. If the fabric is tearing or defective, or the fabric performance degrades, the system fabric can voluntarily warn the user.

07 energy harvesting fiber

These yarns are made of carbon nanotubes. The diameter of carbon nanotubes is 10000 times smaller than that of human hair.

When the yarns are twisted or stretched, the volume of the CNTs yarn decreases, so that the charges on the yarn become more tightly bonded and increase their energy, thus achieving the energy production and storage.

08 smart carpet

It looks like an ordinary carpet, but there is a layer of sensor between the surface and the lining.

The "guided path tomography" technology is used to record the spatial details of carpet deformation caused by human contact (standing, walking, lying down, etc.).

The data can identify changes in actions caused by natural causes or diseases. In addition, carpets can be refitted and placed flexibly according to space.

This invention is significant for the elderly and people with mobility problems.

With the continuous development of intelligent technology, intelligent textiles will be irresistible. We expect that more products will fly into ordinary people's homes in the near future to enrich and facilitate our daily life.