The Application of Polymers on Multifunctional Electronic Textiles
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Fibers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2024 | Viewed by 1085
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electronic textiles are poised to revolutionize future wearable applications due to their wearing comfort and programmable nature. Electronic textiles with almost all desired functionalities, such as energy harvesting, energy storage, sensing, communicating, actuating, and display, have been realized with remarkably improved performance over the past decade.
Currently, researchers are still committed to developing inexpensively produced processes on a large scale, while maintaining high-quality multifunctional electronic textiles. Electrochemically active substances given to ordinary fabrics using post-finishing technologies can be used to prepare electronic textiles, e.g., via dip coating, chemical polymerization, vapor deposition, inkjet printing, extraction, etc. Integrated devices can also be fabricated by connecting multiple fiber-based components or embedding them into textiles through knitting, weaving, embroidery, or other methods. To address intricate connection and electrical compatibility challenges, better processing accuracy and effective layout design are required. Another strategy to design fiber electronics involves building electronic functions inside the fiber. This strategy is, in principle, more flexible as more functions can be integrated that way. Recent developments in polymer materials have further endowed fibers and textiles with various electronic functions.
This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advances surrounding the application of polymers on multifunctional electronic textiles. A discussion of the design, fabrication, assembly, and manufacturing of multifunction electronic textiles to meet electronic performance, practical considerations, and commercialization demands is also welcome.
Dr. Man Zhou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer fiber based electronic textiles
- conductive polymers for smart textile
- conductive hydrogel electrodes for textile electronics
- conductive hydrogel electrolytes for e-textiles
- semiconducting polymer for textile electronics
- polymer interface for e-textiles
