Applied Science technologies, 750 machining

Smart textiles is a new aspect in textile that is a multidiscipline field of research in many sciences and technologies such as textile, physics, chemistry, medicine, electronics, polymers, biotechnology, telecommunications, information technology, microelectronics, wearable computers, nanotechnology and micro-electromechanical machines. Shape memory materials (SMMs), conductive materials, phase change materials (PCMs), chromic materials, photonic fibers, mechanical responsive materials, intelligent coating/membranes, micro and nanomaterials and piezoelectric materials are applied in smart textiles [34]. 

Achievements in gradient optics have proved quite valuable. Selfocs are widely applied in many spheres of science and technology, such as fiber-optical connection lines, fax technology, medical devices, small-scale copying machines, focusing elements of laser systems for video recording, etc. 

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