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Facile Fabrication of Temperature Triggered Thermochromic Core-sheath Alginate Microfibers from Microfluidic Spinning

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Dynamic tuning of color plays an important role in nature creatures. Color changing according to external stimuli lead to more advanced applications. Herein, we prepared thermochromic alginate microfibers which could dynamically change their color under different temperature through microfluidic spinning. The alginate microfibers had core-sheath structure and the thermochromic powder only distributed in the sheath layer. As the temperature increasing, the color of the fiber will disappeared at a certain temperature. Furthermore, when the temperature decreased, the color of the fiber will recover. So the color of the thermochromic alginate fibers could be reversely tuned by changing temperature. Moreover, the new thermochromic alginate fiber has good strength and could be woven into textiles which makes it hold great potential application in smart clothing industry.

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The project was funded by State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Donghua University (KF2014).

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  1. Institute of Functional Textiles and Advanced Materials, National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Fire-Safety Materials D & A (Shandong), College of Textiles & Clothing, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Xiaolong Zou, Shenglong Shang, Jie Liu, Meiyu Ci & Ping Zhu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Shenglong Shang, Jie Liu & Ping Zhu

  3. Weihai Haima Carpet Group Co., Ltd., Weihai, 110000, China

    Jie Liu

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Zou, X., Shang, S., Liu, J. et al. Facile Fabrication of Temperature Triggered Thermochromic Core-sheath Alginate Microfibers from Microfluidic Spinning. Fibers Polym 22, 1535–1542 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-021-0778-3

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