credit Courtesy of Messe Frankfurt
An unidentified woman shows off a re-formable textile called "morphogenese."
credit Rebecca Lennon
Materials Research Society fashion show models turn on heating underwear made by German-based WarmX.
credit Courtesy of the Hohenstein Institutes
Top: Under a definition worked out in conjunction with nanomaterials network NanoMat, nanotechnology deals specifically with nanoparticles aligned in an ordered manner as sub-units in a functional system. Bottom: In contrast, the molecules in this illustration are nanoparticles in terms of size but, due to their lack of order, the term "nanotechnology" doesn’t apply.
credit Rebecca Lennon/Courtesy of Tex A Med
Models at the fashion show wear silver, nanoparticle-coated underwear from Tex A Med designed for people with neurodermatitis.
credit Courtesy of Tex A Med
A girl wears a silver-coated T-shirt from Tex A Med. The material is meant to be safe for people suffering from neurodermatitis, a chronic form of dermatitis.
