Developments in clothing protection technology

Abstract: Clothing protective technology provides protection for millions of people from hazards at work or in emergency situations. Different types of protective clothing have been developed to protect us from various environmental hazards. The two major issues of protective clothing are its protective function and the comfort it provides as clothing. Crucial textile components for the design and development of protective clothing include fiber species, fabric structure and physical/chemical finish applied in the fabrication process. Since the design and/or functionalization of these components greatly influences the performance of protective clothing, much work has been concentrated on one or several of these components, and theories and simulation models have been developed to explain the mechanism of clothing protection. It is expected that nanotechnology and smart/intelligent textiles will be two heated topics in the future development of clothing protection.

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