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Yushu Wang1, Zeling Wang1, Hanyi Huang1,2
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, China.
Abstract:
Maintaining the stability of human body temperature is the basis of ensuring the normal life activities of witness, and the emergence of various functional clothing is committed to assisting the human body temperature in thermal comfort range in the changeable environment. However, achieve dual-mode thermal regulation for cooling and insulation on an integrated material without energy input and addition of functional particles has thus far been a huge challenge. Herein, a biomimetic camel-fur designed micro-extruded physically foamed porous elastic fiber (MEPF) using thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomer as raw material is reported, and its dual-layered fabric (MEPFT-d) for effective personal thermal comfortable management at extreme temperature differences. Benefit from its micro-nano-pores structure, MEPFT-d represents radiate cooling capacity by high solar reflectance and emissivity, behaves low thermal conductivity delaying heat scattering, and promotes evaporative cooling by unidirectional water transport. These excellent properties ensure that MEPFT-d reduces heat loss in cold weather (7.2 °C higher than cotton) and blocks outside heat in hot weather (10.2 °C lower than cotton), which is suitable for various complex outdoor scenes. The cost-effectiveness and superior wearing comfort of this work provide innovative pathways for sustainable energy, smart textiles, and personal thermal comfort applications.
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