Electronic textiles military applications

Winterhalter, C. A. Teverovsky, J. Wilson Slade J. Horowitz, W. Tierney, E. Shar-ma Development of Electronic Textiles to Support Networks, Communications, and Medical Applications in Future, U. S. Military Protective Clothing Systems, IEEE Trans-actions On Information Technology In Biomedicine, 2005, 9(3), 402 06. 

The major objectives while designing future textiles for military applications will focus on combining high-tech electronics with light weight and comfort in textile garments. Furthermore, the application of nanotechnology in e-textiles can be used to endow soldiers with improved performance, endurance and communication capabilities. In this chapter, various applications of electronic textiles in military are summarised. Electronic textiles not only increase performance, but also add various other functionalities that have never been realised before. In addition, the difficulties... 

When designing e-textiles for military applications, the comfort of soldiers should never be forgotten. However, the inherent nature of the clothing integrated with electronics to achieve desired levels of protection for soldiers may also affect the degree of... 

Winterhalter, C.A., et al., 2005. Development of electronic textiles to support networks, communications, and medical applications in future US Military protective clothing systems. IEEE Trans. Inf. Technol. Biomed. 9 (3), 402-406. 

Supercritical carbon dioxide has been industrially used in a variety of processes, including coffee decaffeination, tea decaffeination, and extraction of fatty acids from spent barley, pyrethrum, hops, spices, flavors, fragrances, com oil, and color from red peppers. Other applications include polymerization, polymer fractionation, particle formation for pharmaceutical and military use, textile dyeing, and cleaning of machine and electronic parts. 

E-textiles may be defined as textiles with electronic properties, and the markets for E-textiles are rapidly growing. An E-textile is an application built within a textile. E-textiles are finding their use in wearable technology, sports and fitness markets, medical and health monitoring systems, sleep apnea monitoring systems, antenna applications, space, military, infotainment, fashion, and others. Conductive tapes, webbings, fabrics, and 3D preforms are being used for E-textile applications. E-textile markets will soon be a billion dollar industry. 

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