Biomimetics of Plant Structure in Knitted Fabrics to Improve the Liquid Water Transport Properties

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 568-576

  Chen, Qing ^a   Fan, Jintu ^a   Sarkar, Manas ^a   Jiang, Gaoming ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biomimetics; knitted fabric; liquid transport; plant structure; water absorption

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; BIOMIMETICS; HOSIERY MANUFACTURE; KNIT FABRICS; LIQUIDS; MOISTURE; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BRANCHING STRUCTURES; KNITTED FABRIC; LIQUID TRANSPORT; LIQUID WATER TRANSPORTS; MOISTURE MANAGEMENT; MOISTURE MANAGEMENT TESTERS; PLANT STRUCTURES; WATER ABSORPTION RATES;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; COMFORT; FABRIC PROPERTY; KNITTED FABRIC; MOISTURE; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 77950163652     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517509340600     Document Type: Article

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