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ArticleScience advances2021

Metalized polyamide heterostructure as a moisture-responsive actuator for multimodal adaptive personal heat management.

Xiuqiang Li, Boran Ma, Jingyuan Dai, Chenxi Sui, Divya Pande, David R Smith, L Catherine Brinson, Po-Chun Hsu

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Xiuqiang LiThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5785-650X
Boran MaThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5172-1196
Jingyuan DaiThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5793-4328
Chenxi SuiThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Divya PandeThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0042-0481
David R SmithThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4832-6208
L Catherine BrinsonThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2551-1563
Po-Chun HsuThomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6509-9377

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Personal thermal management textile/wearable is an effective strategy to expand the indoor temperature setpoint range to reduce a building’s energy consumption. Usually, textiles/wearables that were engineered for controlling conduction, convection, radiation, or sweat evaporation have been developed separately. Here, we demonstrate a multimodal adaptive wearable with moisture-responsive flaps composed of a nylon/metal heterostructure, which can simultaneously regulate convection, sweat evaporation, and mid-infrared emission to accomplish large and rapid heat transfer tuning in response to human perspiration vapor. We show that the metal layer not only plays a crucial role in low-emissivity radiative heating but also enhances the bimorph actuation performance. The multimodal adaptive mechanism expands the thermal comfort zone by 30.7 and 20.7% more than traditional static textiles and single-modal adaptive wearables without any electricity and energy input, making it a promising design paradigm for personal heat management.

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PMID34910511
PMCPMC8673776

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