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A team of Purdue Universi- ty engineers has discovered that a type of fabric typical- ly used for hiking gear has remarkable heat-conducting properties on par with stain- less steel, potentially leading to wearable electronics that successfully cool both the de- vice and the wearer's skin. The material is made of ul- tra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, which are sold commercially under the brand name Dyneema. These polymer-based fabrics are marketed for their high strength, durability and abra- sion resistance, and are often used to create body armor, specialty sports gear, ropes and nets. Purdue heat transfer re- searchers recently investi- gated other uses for the fab- ric, namely as a cooling in- terface between human skin and wearable electronics (see a video about this research on YouTube). Their research is published in Scientific Re- ports. "This fabric has great flex- ibility and thermal proper- ties. If you stitch it different- ly, weave it differently or start blending the polymers with different materials, you could tailor the fabric's properties to different applications," said Justin Weibel, a research as- sociate professor in Purdue's School of Mechanical Engi- neering. If a material has a high ther- mal conductivity, that means heat dissipates through the material more easily. There are many heat-dissipation methods for fabrics, from the simple (moisture-wicking); to the intricate (conventional fabrics with heat-conducting strands woven in); to the very complex (liquid-cooled gar- ments worn by astronauts). "Your next smartwatch or virtual reality headset could be more powerful than your current smartphone, so we need to dissipate heat away from the electronic compo- nents to keep the wearer com- fortable," said Aaditya Canda- dai, who recently completed his Ph.D. at Purdue doing re- search on this project. "These polymer fabrics have amazing thermal properties that can keep these devices cooler and avoid low-degree skin burns." The team discovered these properties by benchmark- ing Dyneema against conven- tional cotton fabrics, as well as polyethylene sheets in rig- id non-woven form. They ob- tained several different com- mercially manufactured fab- ric samples and even wove their own samples from raw Dyneema fibers. The researchers tested the fabric samples at the Birck Nanotechnology Center in Purdue's Discovery Park. The samples went into a small vacuum chamber, with a met- al wire laid across the surface as a heat source. Using an infrared micro- scope, they could generate detailed data about how much heat was being conducted through the fabric's surface, and in which direction. They found that the Dyneema fabric has 20 -30 times higher ther- mal conductivity than oth- er fabrics, comparable with steel. The team also tested the fabric's flexibility, which is important for wearable elec- tronics. "There's a balance; we don't want to make thermally con- ductive materials that are so stiff, people won't be comfort- able wearing them," Candadai said. "These polymer fabrics are in that sweet spot of hav- ing good conductivity and good flexibility." The fabric naturally has these properties with no addi- tional circuity or other equip- ment, but the researchers also have plans to test how weav- ing in different materials af- fects the fabric. "We could integrate other types of fibers – carbon fibers, metal fibers – to achieve dif- ferent combinations of prop- erties," said Amy Marconnet, an associate professor of me- chanical engineering. As part of his work inves- tigating the heat-conducting properties of fabrics, Can- dadai won an Art-In-Science award in 2019 for an infra- red camera image showing how the fabrics transfer heat. The team's research was per- formed within Purdue's Cool- ing Technologies Research Center, a graduated Nation- al Science Foundation Indus- try/University Cooperative Research Center with support from industry leaders in ther- mal materials and electronics. Researchers have discovered that a commercial fabric typically used for hiking gear has the heat-con- ducting properties of stainless steel, allowing the material to dissipate heat more effectively than other fabrics. Purdue University photo How to become a more effective negotiator Learning the art of negoti- ation can benefit anyone, but it's particularly effective for people well who are always in- terested in finding a bargain. Not everyone is born with ne- gotiating skills, but they can learn them. • Ask for what you want. Be assertive and know what you want from a situation. This can help you have the upper hand. • Gather information. Do your homework by gaining all pertinent information be- fore beginning a negotiation. You can only come up with the right price or the right tactic after gathering all of the piec- es of the puzzle. • Don't rush things. It's tempting to want to rush through negotiations because of fear that things will not go your way. But remain patient so that you don't make mis- takes or short yourself in the deal. • Make the first offer. Mak- ing the first offer helps you seize control of the bargain- ing table, and research has shown that a lower cost is the end result when a buyer sets the price. • Use concrete terms. Ne- gotiations always should use firm descriptions and figures. Do not be abstract. If you are selling and give a range you'll likely get the lower amount of that range. A-8 Wednesday, August 25, 2021 The Press-Dispatch