PolyU researchers invent a “Skin-like” fabric for personal moisture management

PolyU researchers developed a novel a "skin-like" directional liquid transport fabric, which enables continuous one-way liquid flow through spatially distributed channels acting like "sweating glands" yet repels external liquid contaminants. The water transmission rate can be 15 times greater than that of best commercial breathable fabrics. The four-year research, led by Prof. Jintu Fan, Head of Institute of Textiles and Clothing and Chair Professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Engineering, received subsidies of HK$3.4 million from PolyU, Cornell University, US and Hong Kong government's Innovation and Technology Fund, and the fabric has registered a patent in US.