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Self-Folding In Weft Knit Textiles

Self Folding behavior in Weft Knits

This fundamental research aims to understand and control the self-folding behavior of weft knit textiles to harness this inherent property of the knot structure for development of novel engineered textiles. Contact us at functionalfabrics@drexel.edu for more information.

 

Collaborators

Genevieve Dion, MID
 Center for Functional Fabrics, Drexel University; Department of Design, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Drexel University
Ken Evans, PhD College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter
Oana Ghita, PhD Materials and Manufacturing, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter
D.S. Nicholas, RA, AIA, NCARB Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Drexel University

FUNDING

This research was funded by National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (DGE-10028090/DGE-1104459)

PUBLICATIONS

Knittel CE, Nicholas DS, Street RM, Schauer CL, Dion G.Self-Folding Textile through Manipulation of Knit Stitch Architecture, Fibers. 2015.3(4):575-587.