Nanotechnology and perspiration: two development paths to Synergize to establish the new generation of high-performance and comfortable infrared camouflage suits

纳米技术与汗水：协同打造新一代高性能舒适红外迷彩服两条发展路径

• 批准号: CCARD-2022-00311
• 负责人: NACIFELALAOUI, FARAH
• 金额: $ 10.93万
• 依托单位: Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: CCI Applied Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=756647
• 关键词: Nanotechnology; perspiration; two; development; paths

As a mainstay of the new generation of products for military application, the company Alchemy faces the same challenges and seeks innovative solutions in order to design a protective uniform against IR detectability with long-lasting effectiveness and a high level of thermal comfort for the soldier. In collaboration with the CTT Group, a technological transfer center associated with Cégep of St-Hyacinthe, Alchemy wishes to develop a textile substrate able to conceal IR radiation in order to avoid detection. This multilayer textile should allow the reduction of the wearer body temperature by promoting the evacuation of body heat through the evaporation of sweat. In parallel with the textile itself, a new coating based on a metallic IR pigment will be developed in order to increase the general performance of the final product as Infrared camouflage suites while ensuring the thermal comfort of its wearer.Alchemy, previously Neverfrost, was founded in May 2013 by a group of Nanotechnology Engineering graduates from the University of Waterloo. The company began with an intent to commercialize an innovation in sprayable anti-frost coatings, but soon thereafter expanded its technological infrastructure to include the current ExoShield technologies. At Alchemy, the ambition and vision are quite simple: to build a nanotechnology company for the 21st century. Alchemy believe that with the right platform technologies, a culture that encourages creative risk taking, and a modern approach towards creating and commercializing nanotechnology far more rapidly than it is done today.

作为新一代军事应用产品的中流砥柱，Alchemy公司面临着同样的挑战，并寻求创新的解决方案，以设计一种具有持久有效性和高水平热舒适性的士兵红外可探测性防护制服。Alchemy与CTT集团（一家与圣亚辛的Cégep相关的技术转让中心）合作，希望开发一种能够隐藏红外辐射以避免检测的纺织品基材。这种多层纺织品应该允许通过促进经由汗液蒸发的身体热量的排出来降低穿戴者的体温。除了纺织品本身，还将开发一种基于金属红外颜料的新型涂层，以提高最终产品作为红外迷彩服的一般性能，同时确保穿着者的热舒适性。Alchemy（前身为Neverfrost）由滑铁卢大学纳米技术工程专业的毕业生于2013年5月创立。该公司最初的意图是将可喷涂防霜涂料的创新商业化，但此后不久就扩大了其技术基础设施，包括目前的ExoShield技术。在炼金术，野心和愿景很简单：建立一个纳米技术公司的21世纪世纪。Alchemy相信，通过正确的平台技术，鼓励创造性冒险的文化，以及比今天更快地创造和商业化纳米技术的现代方法。