Smart textiles can be defined as textiles that are able to sense and respond to changes in their environment. They may be divided into two classes: passive and active smart textiles.
The scope of this book is focused on smart textiles that are classified according to their main fields of application: (1) medical, (2) transportation and energy and (3) protection, security communication and textile electronics. The objective is to present the latest research results together with basic concepts related to the most promising applications.
This book highlights, for the first time, all the main fields of applications of smart textiles. The scientific issues and proposed solutions regarding various results, prototypes and achievements obtained in the best academic and industrial laboratories worldwide are presented in a rigorous scientific way. At the same time, practical solutions and their realization, believed to be of the interest to industrial partners, are presented and explained in the second part of chapters. The book should be useful for researchers and students in academia, as well as for companies and start-ups that are developing products using the concept of smart textiles.