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This research aims to develop a fabric that improves thermal and moisture management during physical activities in hot and humid conditions.

Weft-Backed Cooling Fabric for Personal Thermal and Moisture Management

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Randomized trial develops a cooling fabric enhancing thermal comfort in hot environments, suggesting significant benefits for user experience.

This research aims to develop a fabric that improves thermal and moisture management during physical activities in hot and humid conditions.
Developed a Hybrid Weft-Backed Moisture-Cooling Fabric (HCF) consisting of multiple layers: inner PET, middle PET/PLA hybrid, outer PLA, and Al2O3 nanoparticles.
Utilized a cost-effective weaving strategy to achieve effective moisture transport and radiative cooling properties.
Measured performance metrics including moisture transport index, moisture evaporation rate, solar reflectance, and mid-infrared emissivity.
HCF exhibited a one-way moisture transport index of 614% with reverse water penetration at -606%.
The fabric achieved a moisture evaporation rate of 0.25 g·h–1 and solar reflectance of 90.80%.
Under outdoor conditions, the HCF provided an average subambient cooling of 10.4 °C compared to ambient air, outperforming conventional cotton by over 5 °C.

Tang et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Randomized trial develops a cooling fabric enhancing thermal comfort in hot environments, suggesting significant benefits for user experience.