New Plastic Fabric Keeps Its Cool Better Than Cotton
3rd September 2016
In a paper published today in Science, researchers announced the invention of a new fabric called nanoporous polyethylene (or nanoPE for short).
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They ended up creating a three layer fabric that consisted of two layers of their treated polyethylene, with some cotton mesh in between to add structure. When they compared how the nanoPE did against a piece of cotton of the same thickness in a lab, they found that the nanoPE only upped the temperature by 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit, while the cotton raised the temperature of their artificial skin by over six degrees Fahrenheit.
Yeah, but is it flammable? The problem with most modern artificial fabrics is that if they catch fire poof! you’re a human torch without benefit of comic.