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<p>With a commitment to environmental protection, sustainable practices and ethical standards, there is compelling motivation to replace animal feathers and wool with synthetic materials that mimic the natural curl structure of animal fibres. However, the fabrication of these curved structures remains challenging due to inherent limitations in fibre spinning technologies. Here we develop a grid-induced homogeneous turbulence spinning system to efficiently spray the spinning solution, resulting in the mass production of highly curved nanofibres (HCNFs). A garment made with HCNFs offers excellent overall performance in terms of wearability, comfort, porosity (~99.60%), weight, thermal conductivity, moisture permeability and breathability. Furthermore, the garment exhibits a superior clothing insulation value (measured in CLO) of 0.31 CLO mm<sup>−1</sup> at 0 °C, which is twice that of an 850-fill-power goose-down garment (0.15 CLO mm<sup>−1</sup>). Moreover, the results of a life cycle impact assessment demonstrate that HCNFs made of polyvinyl butyral show notable sustainability advantages over 850-fill-power down across 14 indicators, including mineral resource scarcity, land use, ecotoxicity, water consumption and human toxicity (eight indicators are less than 5% of those for down). Our findings not only underscore the advantages of nanofibres with highly curved structures but also introduce sustainable materials that outperform traditional down, making them suitable and sustainable for mass-market production.</p>

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Biomimetic nanofibres for sustainable thermal insulation

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    2025年7月29日

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  • Zekun Cheng,
  • Zhiwen Cui,
  • Ziwei Li,
  • Sandra Galmarini,
  • Yu Liu,
  • Hongtao Wang,
  • Haiyun Kui,
  • Yiqian Zhou,
  • Charles Morton,
  • Su Li,
  • Guoping Zeng,
  • Zujiang Xiong,
  • Ming Fu,
  • Yayun Li,
  • Robert Zboray,
  • Yunmen Yang,
  • Rui Zhou,
  • Ranxue Yu,
  • Jiaxing Shen,
  • Sheng Lu,
  • Chun-Yi Yang,
  • Shanyu Zhao,
  • Lihao Zhao,
  • Hui Wu

摘要

With a commitment to environmental protection, sustainable practices and ethical standards, there is compelling motivation to replace animal feathers and wool with synthetic materials that mimic the natural curl structure of animal fibres. However, the fabrication of these curved structures remains challenging due to inherent limitations in fibre spinning technologies. Here we develop a grid-induced homogeneous turbulence spinning system to efficiently spray the spinning solution, resulting in the mass production of highly curved nanofibres (HCNFs). A garment made with HCNFs offers excellent overall performance in terms of wearability, comfort, porosity (~99.60%), weight, thermal conductivity, moisture permeability and breathability. Furthermore, the garment exhibits a superior clothing insulation value (measured in CLO) of 0.31 CLO mm−1 at 0 °C, which is twice that of an 850-fill-power goose-down garment (0.15 CLO mm−1). Moreover, the results of a life cycle impact assessment demonstrate that HCNFs made of polyvinyl butyral show notable sustainability advantages over 850-fill-power down across 14 indicators, including mineral resource scarcity, land use, ecotoxicity, water consumption and human toxicity (eight indicators are less than 5% of those for down). Our findings not only underscore the advantages of nanofibres with highly curved structures but also introduce sustainable materials that outperform traditional down, making them suitable and sustainable for mass-market production.