SECOND PLACE WINNER: (SciVid 2018-H) Smart Textiles, Future of Fashion

2018 Science in Video Competition - Awards were presented Nov. 28 at the 2018 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston. Video Produced by: Simge Uzun, Bilen Akuzum, Genevieve Dion, Yury Gogotsi , Drexel University, USA Description: The field of smart textiles has been advancing rapidly over the last decade and has found applications in a variety of industries, including sports, medicine, and military. Our work focuses on designing and producing functional fibers/yarns for wearable smart textile applications including energy storage and harvesting, sensing (pressure, strain, temperature e.g.), and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding. 2018 SciVid Competition sponsored by the Materials Research Society Foundation, Goodfellow and A. J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute.