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

作为新一代军事应用产品的中流砥柱，炼金术公司面临着同样的挑战，并寻求创新的解决方案，以设计一种针对红外探测的防护制服，具有持久的有效性和士兵的高水平热舒适。在与ST-Hyacinthe的Cégep有关的技术转移中心CTT集团的合作下，AlChemy希望开发一种能够隐藏红外辐射的纺织品基材，以避免被发现。这种多层纺织品应该可以通过蒸发汗水来促进体热的排出，从而降低穿戴者的体温。除了纺织品本身，还将开发一种基于金属红外颜料的新涂层，以提高最终产品的综合性能，作为红外迷彩套装，同时确保其穿着者的热舒适性。炼金术(前身为NeverFrost)由滑铁卢大学的一群纳米技术工程毕业生于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，但不久之后，该公司扩大了技术基础设施，将目前的ExoShield技术包括在内。在炼金术，雄心壮志和愿景非常简单：打造一家面向21世纪的纳米技术公司。炼金术相信，有了正确的平台技术，鼓励创造性冒险的文化，以及以比今天快得多的速度创造纳米技术和将其商业化的现代方法。

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.