Warm/Cool Feeling Characteristics of Ceramic-Incorporated Fabrics: Process, Characterization, and Thermal Properties

Abstract

Recently, high-performance functional textile goods have been commercialized using various ceramic nanopowders, such as ZrC, Al2O3, SiO2, ZnO, ATO, and TiO2, embedded in the yarns and fabrics. This study examines the warm-cool feeling characteristics of ceramic-incorporated fabrics with their process, characterization, and thermal characteristics. This topic is divided as follows: review (introduction), preparation (experimental), characterization with thermal property (results and discussion), and summary. As a review, heat release and storage properties of the various ceramic-embedded fabrics are introduced and multifunctional properties of different ceramic-embedded fabrics such as UV-cut and anti-static with thermal wear comfort are reviewed with types of ceramic particles embedded in the yarns through the literature published up to now. In the text, warm-cool feelings of ceramic-embedded fabrics prepared in this study are compared in terms of heat flow rate (Qmax) and thermal insulation value (TIV) and summarized with dye-affinity and color-fastness of the ceramic-embedded fabrics. Finally, the future prospect for functional to textiles treated with ceramic materials is proposed in the fields of water repellence, anti-bacteria, flame retardation, anti-static, and UV protection.