Scientists in Canada have developed a light-emitting clothing made with stretchable, gold-coated fabric which they say could be used to make the ultimate safety garments. Tricia Carmichael, a professor of surface and materials chemistry at the University of Windsor, and her colleagues added a very thin coating of gold to a pantyhose fabric made of 87 per cent nylon and 13 per cent spandex. The gold acts as an electrode and sends power to a light-emitting material made of zinc sulphide, copper and silicone which shines through the semi-transparent, flexible fabric.

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