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SMART SKIN UNIFORM TO PROTECT SOLDIERS FROM BIOWEAPONS

Scientists    have  created   a    highly  breathable   material that  may  lead  to  futuristic  smart   "second skin"  uniform  that  can protect    soldiers   from  biological  agents  and  chemical   chemical   hazards   in  the field. Why  high  breath ability  ?  High  breath ability  is  a  critical  requirement    for protective   clothing   to  prevent  heat-stress       and  exhaustion   when  military  personnel   are  engaged in  missions  in  contaminated   environment. Scientists  from     the  Lawrence   Livermore  National   Laboratory  (LLNL) fabricated   flexible  polymeric  membranes   with  aligned  carbon   nanotube (CNT)channels  as   moisture   conductive  pores.   The  size  of these  pores  -less  than   5  nanometers(nm)-    is  5,000  times   smaller  than the  width    of  a  human   hair. To  provide   high  breathability     ,  the  new  composite  material   takes  advantage  of  the   unique   transport  properties   of  carbon nanotube