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Fabric warms or cools the body at the flick of a switch

Methods inspired by the Japanese paper art kirigami help to create a textile that moves with the body.
Infra red heat image of worker in factory.

An infrared image of a factory worker. A conductive fabric could help to maintain the wearer’s skin temperature. Credit: Getty

An embellished nylon fabric can be fashioned into a garment that keeps the wearer either warm or cool at the flick of a switch1.

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Nature 618, 889 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01946-6

References

  1. Chen, T.-H. et al. PNAS Nexus 2, pgad165 (2023).

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