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Polymer Photonic Crystal Membrane for Human Body Thermoregulation

Authors:
Mohamed Boutghatin
Salim Assaf
Michèle Carette
Vincent Thomy
Abdellatif Akjouj
Bahram Djafari-Rouhani
Yan Pennec

Keywords: photonic membrane; Mid-Infrared; thermal comfort.

Abstract:
We study the optical properties of a polymer photonic membrane to keep the human body in thermal comfort. We show theoretically that the periodic structuration of the membrane with air holes modulates the optical response in the Mid-Infrared range. We found that the modulation of the optical spectrum allows to decrease the required ambient temperature by about 0.5 °C to maintain the normal skin temperature of 34 °C. The structured membrane is flexible and can easily be added to usual textiles.

Pages: 49 to 51

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: November 21, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3514

ISBN: 978-1-61208-820-4

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 21, 2020 to November 25, 2020