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Invention of waterproof fabrics drying sweat
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Waterproof fabrics evaporating sweat which may be the latest applications of microfluidic technology was developed by the biotechnology expert at the University of California, Davis
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New fabrics act as human skin; excessive sweat shaped into drops and dried on its face inventor Tingrui Pan, and professor of engineering of biomedicine, said. A field study of micro Laboratory - the advanced Nano Pan at UC Davis called microfluidic focusing on creating devices "lab on a chip" used the microscopic grooves to control fluid. Pan and colleagues are developing systems for applications such as medical diagnostic tests.
Not only the water is thread through capillary effect, the water repellent properties of the fabric around the country but also helped to push down the path. Unlike conventional fabric, repelled water effects are still active even when the water has soaked fibers, due to the different pressure arising by surface tension of the water droplets.
The rest of the fabric is completely dry, ventilated area. By adjusting the fiber pattern of water and how they are sewn on each side of the fabric, the researchers can control the sweat standing position and it evaporates on the outside.
The fitness fans, athletes and clothing manufacturers are interested in fabrics which can remove sweat and dry skin. For example, cotton absorb sweat - but while many operations, cotton can be wet, making it grip and uncomfortable.
A paper on this research was published recently in the journal Lab on a chip. The research was funded in part by the National Science Foundation. |
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