Development of a humidity-responsive adaptive membrane for smart clothing applications

• Unité de recherche: INNOSUISSE
• Numéro de projet: 8837.1;6 PFIW-IW
• Titre du projet anglais: Development of a humidity-responsive adaptive membrane for smart clothing applications

Description succincte (Anglais)

Development of a humidity-responsive adaptive membrane for smart clothing applications

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

Schoeller Textil AG and EMPA St. Gallen aim at developing a novel membrane with unpredecessent adaptive properties. The goal is to make a humidity-responsive breathable membrane incorporated in textiles, which will increase the comfort of the wearer. The membrane shall have a high water-vapor permeability in humid conditions and a low water-vapor permeability in dry conditions. Thanks to this new membrane, the wearer will decrease the inefficient part of the sweating, hence gaining energy in comparison to a person wearing a textile without adaptive membrane. Thus, it should additionally increase his sportive performance.