“Cool shirt!”: Nanoporous polyethylene fabric acts as reverse greenhouse With the right fabric, your clothes can help beat the heat.

MIT engineers have found a new use for a common plastic, managing to spin polyethylene into fabric that can passively cool the wearer by allowing heat through and moisture to evaporate. The ...

The nanoporous polyethylene fabric offers a solution to this problem. At normal skin temperatures, much of the heat that radiates off our bodies is in the infrared portion of the light spectrum.

Materials and Durability The majority of shade sails are water-resistant (but not waterproof) and made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) fabric, which stretches and allows air to pass through.

The global polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fabric market grew at a CAGR of around 5% during 2013-2019. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fabric stands for a form of polyester that is synthetically ...