Shape Memory Fabric

Shape memory textile is smart material which demonstrate a capability to fix in the temporarily programed shape and to recover the original shape upon exposure to external stimuli. Such unique and amazing properties of shape memory textile are applied to develop smart textiles by incorporating shape memory textile into the fabric. Various types of stimuli-responsive fabric such as thermal, light, pH, and moisture have been used in textiles for enhancing or attaining some smart properties. The shape memory textile provides many fascinating and improved properties such as good aesthetic appeal, comfort, fantasy designs.