Application of Nanofiber Technology to （纳米纤维的应用技术）.pdf

Application of Nanofiber Technology to Nonwoven Thermal Insulation 1 1 2 3 Phillip W. Gibson, Ph.D. , Calvin Lee, Ph.D. , Frank Ko, Ph.D. , Darrell Reneker, Ph.D. 1U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center, Natick, Massachusetts USA 2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA 3University of Akron, Akron, Ohio USA Correspondence to: Phillip W. Gibson, Ph.D. email: phillip.gibson@ ABSTRACT clothing and hand wear, sleeping bags, and tent Nanofiber technology (fiber diameter less than 1 liners, as well as applications for military food micrometer) is under development for future Army service refrigeration and storage equipment. lightweight protective clothing systems. Nanofiber applications for ballistic and chemical/biological Note: Nanofibers are generally defined in the U.S. protection are being actively investigated, but the textile industry and Japanese and Korean strategic thermal properties of nanofibers and their potential research initiatives as fibers of less than 1 μm in size. protection against cold environments are relatively This is in contrast to the National Science Foundation unknown. Previous studies have shown that radiative current definition of nanotechnology, where heat transfer