Smart composite textiles and methods of forming

A smart material comprising:

• a composite textile that includes a textile substrate formed from a plurality of fibers assembled in a fiber assembly pattern;
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• a material deposited via an additive manufacturing technique onto and/or between the fibers of the textile substrate based on an additive manufacturing pattern, wherein the composite textile includes a gradient in least one of mechanical property, material property, or structural property and/or exhibits a change in at least one mechanical property, material property, or structure in response to at least one external stimulus.