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Development of nanostructured thermoregulating textile materials.

Valentina Romeo¹, Vittoria Vittoria, Andrea Sorrentino

¹Chemical and Food Engineering Department, University of Salerno, via Ponte Don Melillo, 184084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy.

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|December 4, 2008

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Researchers developed novel nanostructured thermoregulating textile materials using electrospinning. This new method efficiently disperses microencapsulated phase change materials within Poly(epsilon-caprolactone) nanofibers for enhanced thermal regulation.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Textile Engineering
Nanotechnology

Background:

Developing advanced thermoregulating textiles is crucial for thermal comfort and energy efficiency.
Traditional methods for incorporating phase change materials into textiles often face challenges with dispersion and efficiency.
Electrospinning offers a promising technique for creating nanostructured materials with unique properties.

Purpose of the Study:

To create the first nanostructured thermoregulating textile material using an electrospinning process.
To investigate the effect of microencapsulated phase change material dispersion on Poly(epsilon-caprolactone) nanofiber morphology.
To evaluate the thermoregulating efficiency of the developed nanostructured textile material.

Main Methods:

Dispersing microencapsulated phase change material into a Poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) acetone solution.
Electrospinning the PCL-acetone solution with dispersed microcapsules at ambient temperature.
Conducting morphological analysis of the resulting nanofibers and comparing them to pure PCL nanofibers.

Main Results:

The electrospinning process successfully produced nanostructured textile materials.
The addition of microcapsules to PCL significantly reduced the average nanofiber diameter compared to pure PCL.
The nanostructured material exhibited higher thermoregulating efficiency than materials produced by other dispersion methods.

Conclusions:

Electrospinning is an effective method for creating nanostructured thermoregulating textile materials.
The developed material demonstrates superior thermoregulating performance due to optimized microcapsule dispersion.
This approach offers a novel and efficient pathway for advanced functional textiles.