At present, much attention is focused on developing clothing fabrics with advanced functionality without compromising their visual, mechanical, or comfort properties. A fabric’s ability to prevent the penetration of electromagnetic radiation is an interesting added feature. In the published literature, there are many references describing the development and investigation of electromagnetic shielding textile structures using different electrically conductive additives. However, little attention has been given to the aesthetic and comfort properties of these special fabrics. Moreover, the availability of everyday fashion containing electromagnetic radiation protection is very limited. For this study, woven fabric made from a mixture of traditional fibers and extremely thin discrete stainless steel fibers developed in the authors’ previous research was used as a substrate. The fabric was digitally printed to provide an interesting design effect suitable for use in clothing and for making clothes for everyday wear. The main objective of this work is to determine whether digital printing is a suitable tool for changing the color and pattern of this metal fiber-containing fabric. The individual goals are (a) to examine the fabric’s color fastness to washing and (b) to investigate whether the surface modification of the fabric adversely affects its functionality. Results show that it is possible to change the color and pattern of metal fiber-containing fabric by digital printing easily, whereas the associated decrease of porosity causes an increase of this special fabric functionality. The electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of the fabric after printing is around 33 dB for frequency 1.5 GHz. However, washing has a negative effect, causing both the electromagnetic shielding ability decrease (to 27 dB for frequency 1.5 GHz after 20 washing and drying cycles) and color fading (the color fastness grade is around 1–2 after 20 washing and drying cycles). Furthermore, the basic transport properties of printed electrically conductive fabric are compared with those of fabric made from traditional material and positive results are found. The incidence of pilling after washing is also evaluated, whereas the first pills are observed after the eighth washing and drying cycle. Finally, clothing prototypes that could be prepared from printed fabric are presented.

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具有电磁辐射防护功能的时尚服装：美学特性和性能

目前，很多注意力都集中在开发具有高级功能的服装面料上，同时又不影响其视觉、机械或舒适性能。织物防止电磁辐射穿透的能力是一个有趣的附加功能。在已发表的文献中，有许多参考文献描述了使用不同导电添加剂的电磁屏蔽纺织品结构的开发和研究。然而，很少有人关注这些特殊织物的美观和舒适特性。此外，包含电磁辐射防护的日常时装的可用性非常有限。对于这项研究，由传统纤维和作者先前研究中开发的极细离散不锈钢纤维混合制成的机织织物用作基材。该面料经过数字印刷，提供了一种有趣的设计效果，适用于服装和制作日常穿着的衣服。这项工作的主要目的是确定数字印刷是否是改变这种含金属纤维织物的颜色和图案的合适工具。个人目标是 (a) 检查织物的耐洗色牢度和 (b) 研究织物的表面改性是否对其功能产生不利影响。结果表明，通过数码印花可以很容易地改变含金属纤维织物的颜色和图案，而孔隙率的相关减少导致这种特殊织物功能的增加。印花后织物的电磁屏蔽效率在 1.5 GHz 频率下约为 33 dB。然而，水洗有负面影响，导致电磁屏蔽能力下降（频率 1.5 GHz 在 20 次洗涤和干燥循环后降至 27 dB）和褪色（在 20 次洗涤和干燥循环后色牢度等级约为 1-2） . 此外，将印花导电织物的基本传输性能与传统材料制成的织物进行了比较，发现了积极的结果。还评估了洗涤后起球的发生率，而在第八次洗涤和干燥循环后观察第一个丸粒。最后，