A method of manufacturing a color-changing fiber includes loading a polymeric material and a thermochromic pigment material into a fiber fabrication machine that comprises an extruder and a spinneret, operating the extruder to provide a molten mixture of the polymeric material and the thermochromic pigment material, providing a volume of the molten mixture to the spinneret, and operating the spinneret to coat an electrically conductive core with the molten mixture to form a coating layer around the electrically conductive core to produce the color-changing fiber. The polymeric material and the thermochromic pigment material are provided as (a) a first raw material comprising the polymeric material and a second raw material comprising the thermochromic pigment material or (b) a thermochromic pigment and polymer mixture.

The disclosed embodiments provide a smart garment on which implemented designs can be changed in terms of color, image, text, etc. Also, a system is provided that comprises: a server for providing various designs to be implemented on a smart garment; and a user terminal that can change the design of the smart garment by receiving various designs from the server and transmitting same to the smart garment. The system according to the disclosed embodiments comprises: a server including a design database for a smart garment; a user terminal for downloading a design for the smart garment from the server; and the smart garment on which the design transmitted from the user terminal is implemented.

A conductive monofilament and static dissipative fabric having the same wherein the monofilament includes electrically conductive material and binder and has static dissipation properties.

A conductive monofilament and static dissipative fabric having the same wherein the monofilament includes electrically conductive material and binder and has static dissipation properties.

A multilayered polymer composite film includes a first polymer material forming a polymer matrix and a second polymer material coextruded with the first polymer material. The second polymer material forms a plurality of fibers embedded within the polymer matrix. The fibers have a rectangular cross-section.

A multilayered polymer composite film includes a first polymer material forming a polymer matrix and a second polymer material coextruded with the first polymer material. The second polymer material forms a plurality of fibers embedded within the polymer matrix. The fibers have a rectangular cross-section.

A composite spinneret that discharges a composite polymer composed of an island polymer and a sea polymer, the composite spinneret satisfying (1) and (2):

(1) the composite spinneret comprises: a distribution device; a nozzle plate; a flow contraction plate; and
(2) the nozzle plate has a nozzle hole collection including a plurality of discharge holes, and at least one sea-island discharge hole group including any of (i) to (v): (i) the sea discharge holes and the island discharge hole; (ii) the composite polymer discharge holes; (iii) the sea discharge holes and the composite polymer discharge holes; (iv) the island discharge holes and the composite polymer discharge holes; and (v) the sea discharge holes, the island discharge holes and the composite polymer discharge holes.

A composite spinneret that discharges a composite polymer composed of an island polymer and a sea polymer, the composite spinneret satisfying (1) and (2):

(1) the composite spinneret comprises: a distribution device; a nozzle plate; a flow contraction plate; and
(2) the nozzle plate has a nozzle hole collection including a plurality of discharge holes, and at least one sea-island discharge hole group including any of (i) to (v): (i) the sea discharge holes and the island discharge hole; (ii) the composite polymer discharge holes; (iii) the sea discharge holes and the composite polymer discharge holes; (iv) the island discharge holes and the composite polymer discharge holes; and (v) the sea discharge holes, the island discharge holes and the composite polymer discharge holes.

The disclosed embodiments provide a smart garment on which implemented designs can be changed in terms of color, image, text, etc. Also, a system is provided that comprises: a server for providing various designs to be implemented on a smart garment; and a user terminal that can change the design of the smart garment by receiving various designs from the server and transmitting same to the smart garment. The system according to the disclosed embodiments comprises: a server including a design database for a smart garment; a user terminal for downloading a design for the smart garment from the server; and the smart garment on which the design transmitted from the user terminal is implemented.

One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of fabricating a chemically active fibre device (1) by thermal drawing. The method comprises the steps of providing a preform, the preform comprising a support element (3) at least partially made of a first polymeric material; and carrying out a thermal drawing process of the preform to produce a thermally drawn fibre. The preform comprises one or more chemically active agents and/or biological materials configured to react with a fluid sample when the one or more chemically active agents and/or biological materials are in contact with the fluid sample. In this manner miniaturised lab-in-fibre devices can be fabricated.