Eight functional single jersey plain knitted fabrics have been developed in order to assess a quantitative analysis of various
comfort-related properties in terms of thermal control, air and water vapor permeability, wickability, coefficient of
kinetic friction and antimicrobial efficiency, using eight different commercially available functional yarns: Polyester
Craque and viscose Craque conventional yarns as controls; Finecool and Coolmax polyester yarns for moisture
management and quick drying; Holofiber polyester yarns containing an optical responsive material that the producer
claims to improve body oxygenation; Airclo polyester hollow yarns for efficient control of body temperature; and,
finally, polyester Trevira and viscose Seacell for antimicrobial activity. According to the results, Coolmax for moisture
management, Airclo for thermal control and Seacell for antimicrobial activity present the best performances as
technical textiles for sportswear for the respective specific functional property.The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Jefferson M Souza acknowledges CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil (Proc. n 8976/13-9). Andrea Zille acknowledges FCT funding from Programa Compromisso para a Ciência 2008, Portugal, FEDER funding from the Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade-COMPETE and national funds through FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology within the scope of the projects POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007136 and UID/CTM/00264
