An Adaptive Textile Keeps Cool by Self-Regulating its Thermal Properties (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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An Adaptive Textile Keeps Cool by Self-Regulating its Thermal Properties (3 of 3)

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This new fabric being developed by University of Maryland scientists YuHuang Wang and Ouyang Min is the first textile to automatically change properties to trap or release heat depending on conditions. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 8, 2019 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Xu Zhang at University of Maryland in College Park, MD, and colleagues was titled, "Dynamic gating of infrared radiation in a textile."

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Faye Levine, University of Maryland

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