Today it's needed to adopt a different approach to textiles;fabrics have to be regarded not only as a surface, to be interpretedgraphically, but as a material to all purposes, with its own intrinsicstructure and performance. In the sector of smart textiles there are a largenumber of designs and products.


In this way the present innovation in the fieldof smart textile is the pine cone effect on the fabric which is greatlyinfluenced by changing temperature of the atmosphere where the structure of thefabric gets open or closed. This effect is similar to that of the pine conewhich is closed while on trees and after they drop they gradually open,allowing their seeds to be released which influenced the scientists to work outon the pine cone effect which is studied in this article.



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Authors are in B.Tech, Final Year, Department of TextileTechnology, Jaya Engineering College, Chennai