Manchester: Scientists at the University of Manchester have developed a smart fabric that keeps itself cool or warm depending on the temperature. If it is very cold, it gets hot and in case of summer, this cloth can keep it cold. Special graphene has been used in its preparation.
Thanks to special graphene, thermal radiation is either stopped or emitted. On the one hand, it will be possible to make space clothes for astronauts, on the other hand, it will also be possible to make smart clothes that stay cold or warm depending on the weather.
Earlier, the same team of scientists had developed a garment especially for soldiers that does not allow their body temperature to come out and it is not possible to see them with an infrared sensor. The warmer our body, the more infrared radiation it emits to keep the body naturally cool.
But it uses electricity to keep smart clothing cool or warm. In this way, the clothes can be kept hot or cold due to lack of electricity, but this process takes place on the surface of graphene and does not require much electricity like an iron. Secondly, very little electricity is required to keep clothes warm and cool.
Professor Coskin Kokabas, a scientist at the University of Manchester, says he has developed a practical model that heats up or cools down instantly. It can also be used for different displays. On the other hand, a satellite orbiting in space has to work between two extremes of cold or heat. Here, too, the technology can be useful for satellites