Graphene has made its way to a variety of different market spaces already and clothing is just one more area that we are going to start to see this technology be unveiled.
By combining the graphene with high polymer materials under room temperature, researchers have now been successful in making a graphene fiber. And that graphene fiber is now being used to produce a variety of products: sports wear, clothing, and underwear garments.
The graphene is said to provide the clothing with more function like being ultraviolet-proof, effective at preserving heat, it's antibacterial, and anti-static. The graphene fiber has been developed by the Shanghai Kyorene New Material Technology Co, and they've been awarded a patent both at home and abroad for their design.
Their new fiber is fully combined with graphene, making it a remarkably unique material. The director of the China National Textile and Apparel Council has described the invention as an extraordinary achievement in the way of being able to provide new textile materials and to help boost China's competence internationally.
Graphene has the potential to be widely used for wearable electronics and medical implants, and scientists have even been able to produce a sort of super silk by feeding garphene to silkworms. We could see the prevalence of this material expand rapidly within the fashion world.
And of course it isn't just the fashion world that graphene has proved useful, there is talk of it being used for a number of things: bike helmets, bridge repairs, tires, paint, OLED displays, it's even been successful at enabling electronic skin to feel which could prove remarkably valuable to the area of prosthetic limbs and AI design.
It is no surprise that this technology has caught the interest of so many around the globe and that it has been described as a miracle material. It's unique properties really make for an exciting adventure in discovering where and how this material could be used to improve our lives and shape the future.
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Shanghai Daily
Sources:
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/Graphene-fiber-products-hit-market/shdaily.shtml
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/silkworms-spin-super-silk-after-eating-carbon-nanotubes-and-graphene/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/graphene-paint-is-here-975089
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