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ComfortScience™

How can science increase human comfort?

ComfortScience is the application of science to create materials which deliver the most comfortable experience possible. At Dow, we help bring people to achieve their ideal levels of comfort by combining our knowledge of material science with an understanding of how human beings think, feel, sense and behave. We call this ComfortScience.
 

Solutions

Whether working, playing or resting, consumers are always looking for a more comfortable experience. Comfort is fundamental to achieving a good quality of life and a sense of wellbeing. At Dow, we work to understand how people experience comfort, and we respond to this through applied science and technology.

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Clean Comfort

Whether you’re an allergy sufferer or a busy parent, this washable, quick-drying foam offers peace of mind and meets the needs of modern life.
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Cool Comfort

While offering all the comfort of an adaptive, memory-effect product, this solution also features a breathable skin that allows air to flow freely and heat escape easily. With this pillow you can enjoy the ultimate comfort of a memory foam pillow while staying cool.
ComfortScience True Comfort

True Comfort

As an excellent energy absorber, this pillow actively and gently molds to the natural curves of the head and neck, and can be engineered to suit different levels of firmness. It can be used to lower the pressure at pain points.

The ComfortScience™ Studio
Experience our collaborative meeting, education and demonstration space where we engineer comfort with the help of cooperation, customer insights and science.

About the studio

Insights, capabilities and solutions for the bedding market

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The three dimensions of ComfortScience

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Three Dimensions

We’ve identified three dimensions of comfort. By configuring these qualities differently, we can respond to different needs and tailor solutions to deliver the most comfortable experience possible.

Each dimension is created by a number of parameters working together. By understanding what they are and how to measure them, we’re better able to deliver comfort.
 

Ergonomics

Optimizing the relationship between the weight, shape and size of the body and the material to create a supportive, high-performing system.

Parameters: Elasticity

The ability of a material to maintain or return to its original shape after being stretched or compressed; perceived as stretchiness.

Parameters: Durability

The capacity of a material to withstand pressure, wear or damage; perceived as sturdiness, robustness and strength.

Parameters: Support

The way in which a material bears the weight and pressure applied by all or part of the body; perceived as softness or firmness.

Measurements: Compression Set

The degree by which a material has permanently deformed after a force that has been applied to it over a period of time is removed.

Measurements: Pressure distribution

The level of pressure observed from point to point within a material; the way in which pressure is spread over an area.

Measurements: Hysteresis

The energy absorbed by a material when it is being deformed; high hysteresis can represent poor resilience and slower recovery.

Microclimate

Maintaining comfortable levels of temperature and humidity in the microclimate that exists between materials and the human body.

Parameters: Temperature

The thermal activity in the space between the material and the body; perceived as coolness or warmth.

Parameters: Humidity

The amount of water vapor in the air found within the material and around the body; perceived as levels of humidity.

Parameters: Freshness

The ability of material to retain its original qualities unimpaired by heat and moisture; perceived as a clean look, feel and scent.

Measurements: Micro-compression

The relationship between stress and strain within a material that has been compressed by 10%; represented as slopes of varying steepness.

Measurements: Moisture transport

The movement of water vapour within and around the material; the speed and direction at which it is absorbed and released.

Measurements: Temperature diffusion

The rate and direction at which temperature spreads within and around the material; the time and space in which heat is retained or lost.

Sensation

Understanding a material’s textural qualities and its response to light touch, in order to deliver a tangible sensation of wellbeing.

Parameters: Touch

The initial sensation experienced by applying the lightest pressure and movement across the surface of a material; perceived as roughness, smoothness, softness, elasticity, etc.

Parameters: Imprint

The feeling experienced as a material either presses against or moulds itself to the contours of the body; perceived as enveloping, moulding or malleable.

Parameters: Travel

The experience felt in the time between applying pressure to a material and then settling into it; perceived as sinking, weightlessness or immersion.

Measurements: Micro-compression

The relationship between stress and strain within a material that has been compressed by 10%; represented as slopes of varying steepness.

Measurements: Recovery time

The time in which it takes a material to return to its original shape after being stretched or compressed.

Measurements: Creep

The tendency of a material to move slowly or deform under the influence of stress; the speed and direction in which this occurs.


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