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Innovative Textile Materials, Stiffening Procedures and Fabric-Joining Methods

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The use of shape-memory polymers in textile application is relatively new, because the stringent requirements on mechanical strength and thermal stability of fibres have been so far hard to meet. This section reviews the current state-of-the-art, focusing on the key characteristics of the polymer materials required to produce textile-grade fibres, and the techniques of filament production. An extensive review of literature on this subject is presented, with the results of our own development of shape-memory polyurethane polymers and their fibres for textile applications.

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  1. Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, CB3 0HE, Cambridge, UK

    Yan Ji & Eugene M. Terentjev

  2. Centexbel Gent, Technologiepark 7, 9052, Zwijnaarde, Belgium

    Mark Schaerlaekens

  3. TWI, Granta Park, Great Abington, CB21 6AL, Cambridge, UK

    Ian Jones

  4. STAM, Via XX Settembre 18/5, 16131, Genova, Italy

    Roberto Landò

  5. D'Appolonia S.p.A., Via San Nazaro, 19, 16145, Genova, Italy

    Stefano Carosio, Tanya Scalia & Riccardo Baglini

  6. Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy

    Pierandrea Lo Nostro, Alessio Becheri & Luca Giustini

  7. Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing Industries of Portugal, Rua Fernando Mesquita 2785, 4760-034, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal

    Lucia Rodrigues & Angela Mendes

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  2. Dept. Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 118 51, Athens, Greece

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  3. D'Appolonia S.p.A., Via San Nazaro, 19, 16145, Genova, Italy

    Stefano Carosio

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Ji, Y. et al. (2009). Innovative Textile Materials, Stiffening Procedures and Fabric-Joining Methods. In: Walter, L., Kartsounis, GA., Carosio, S. (eds) Transforming Clothing Production into a Demand-driven, Knowledge-based, High-tech Industry. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-608-3_3

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