Abstract: A bilayer coating for thermal management has a bottom layer composed of aluminum microflakes dispersed in a Nitrile Butadiene Rubber-co-Urea (NBR-U) polymer binder, and a top layer composed of nanoparticle pigments in the NBR-U polymer binder. The top layer has a transmittance larger than 0.7 at IR wavelengths, and the bottom layer has an emissivity less than 0.4 and a reflectance larger than 0.6 in mid-IR wavelengths from 7 to 14 ?m.

Abstract: Example implementations include a textile apparatus for transporting perspiration and heat, the textile apparatus including a substantially planar and heat-conducting substrate including at least one recess, and a textile film including one or more fibers disposed in contact with at least one substantially planar surface of the substrate and at least one surface of the recess. Example implementations also include a method of manufacturing a textile apparatus for transporting perspiration and heat, the method including forming a nanofiber solution, extruding one or more nanofibers from the nanofiber solution, forming one or more recesses in a substantially planar surface of a substrate, and integrating one or more of the nanofibers with the substantially planar surface of the substrate and at least one surface of the recesses.

Abstract: A fiber includes an elongated member and refractive index contrast domains dispersed within the elongated member. The elongated member includes at least one polymer having a transmittance of infrared radiation at a wavelength of 9.5??? of at least about 40%.

Abstract: A method of regulating a temperature of a human body includes: (1) providing an article of clothing including a textile, wherein the textile includes at least one porous layer including a polyolefin; and (2) placing the article of clothing adjacent to the human body. The porous layer has pores having an average pore size in a range of 50 nm and 1000 nm.