Textiles, intelligent

As is the case for smart materials, intelligent textiles have the property to respond to their environment, sometimes in a clearly perceptible way, but sometimes at the molecular level, completely invisible to the observer. They cover a wide range of technologies, from materials with shape-memory properties or sensing and actuating properties, to entire systems based on information technology5. 

Intelligent textiles are frequently based on smart materials that are transformed into the shape of a fibre, yam and/or textile structure (woven, non-woven or knitted). 

The definition of a sensor is that it reacts to a parameter (for example, the volume of the mercury pool in a thermometer increases with temperature), and the intensity of the reaction is in relation to the parameter - for example, the measurement of an electrical current that is in relation to the concentration of the analyte oxidised or reduced at the electrode surface. The parameter to be investigated is the concentration of the analyte, while the parameter measured is an electrical current. As for the real devices, ultimately most signals are being transformed into electric ones. Electroactive materials are consequently of utmost importance with respect to intelligent textiles. Of course, apart from technical considerations, concepts, materials, structures and treatments must focus on the appropriateness for use in or... 

H Mattilla, Intelligent textiles and clothing, Woodhead Publishing, ISBN 1845690052,2006. 

Boussu R, Maillet J. (2010) Innovative 3D textile structure for soft body armour protection , NATO Advanced Study Institute Defence Related Intelligent Textiles and Clothing for Ballistic and NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) Protection , Split, Croatia, 6-16 April 2010. 

Chen Y., Xeng Z., Thomassey S., Happiette M., Bruniaux R, Ng R., Yu W. (2007) A new method of ease allowance generation for personalization of garment design , ITMC2007, International Conference on Intelligent Textiles and Mass Customisation, Casablanca, Morocco, 15-17 November. 

Koncar V., Boussu F. (2006), Flexible Displays on Textiles for Rersonal Protection , Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Intelligent Textiles for Personal Protection and Safety, Zadar, Croatia, 7-10 September 2(X)5, Sundaresan J., Kiekens R, Grancaric A. M. (Eds), lOS press, pp. 65-88. 

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