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Carbon-based fibres hold promise for preparing multifunctional fabrics with electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, permeability, flexibility and lightweight. However, these fabrics are of limited performance mainly because of the weak interaction between fibres. Here we report non-woven graphene fibre fabrics composed of randomly oriented and interfused graphene fibres with strong interfibre bonding. The all-graphene fabrics obtained through a wet-fusing assembly approach are porous and lightweight, showing high in-plane electrical conductivity up to ∼2.8 × 104 S m−1 and prominent thermal conductivity of ∼301.5 W m−1 K−1. Given the low density (0.22 g cm−3), their specific electrical and thermal conductivities set new records for carbon-based papers/fabrics and even surpass those of individual graphene fibres. The as-prepared fabrics are further used as ultrafast responding electrothermal heaters and durable oil-adsorbing felts, demonstrating their great potential as high-performance and multifunctional fabrics in real-world applications.

button cell batteries or dry batteries are sufficient to drive the fabrics heating to an approximate temperature for human body within 2 s. In addition, the electrothermal fabrics exhibit a fast drying and deicing ability for practical applications in extreme environmental conditions. The electrothermal stability of fabrics under human motions like bending and twisting is also demonstrated. Figure 1a schematically shows the fabrication procedure of GF. Golden graphene oxide (GO) film was prepared by barcoating of GO solutions, and then reduced by hydroiodic acid solution. The reduced graphene oxide (RGO) film was then thermally annealed at 3000 °C and mechanically compacted, giving rise to graphene film with shiny silver gray metallic luster ( Figure 1b). The graphene film was further cut into given size of ribbons with smooth edge by a fine roller blade and twisted into GFs by an electric motor. The diameter of prepared GFs can be controlled from 100 µm to 2 mm by tuning the thickness of thermally annealed graphene films from 5 µm to 30 µm. Optical image of GF wound on a tweezer is shown in Figure 1c, and the GF displays a spiral shape after release ( Figure 1d). The microstructure of GFs is further characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM). As shown in Figure 1e-g, the GF exhibits regular helical structure with a uniform diameter of 150 µm, which is similar to carbon nanotube fibers prepared by twisting aligned carbon nanotube forests. [40,41] The GFs with unique helical structures display an attractive flexibility, which is a vital requirement for wearable devices. The highly flexible GFs are successfully tied into diverse knots, such as the cross knot (Figure 1h), the carrick bend knot ( Figure 1i) and the flat knot ( Figure 1j). Moreover, GFs are easily stitched into crossstitches with various patterns, such as the embroidery in ZJU style (Figure 1k). No evident fracture is observed during knotting and embroidering, indicating the superb flexibility of GFs.The typical stress-strain curve of GFs is given in Figure 2a. Under uniaxial tensile, the GF first experiences an elastic deformation at a strain below 8%, which is ascribed to the intrinsic elasticity of twisted helices within low deformation range. Upon further stretching, the twisted helices deformed, leading to a large plastic deformation up to 70% before fracture. The record fracture strain of GF is almost seven times higher than the maximum value among reported GFs. [38] Moreover, the GF exhibits a progressive failure from the tensile strain 70% to 220% with fracture toughness of 22.45 MJ m −3 . Figure S1 (Supporting Information) shows the SEM images focused on the fracture surface of a broken GF, revealing a ductile fracture feature. The helix adjacent to the fracture area is slightly unraveled while graphene sheets are dragged out.We believe that the outstanding stretchability of GFs is mainly attributed to their hierarchical structures. The particular Smart wearable clothing [1][2][3] is coming into people's horizon on the basis of rapid...

Autotaxin (ATX), which is highly expressed and secreted by adipocytes, functions as the key enzyme to generate lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) from lysophosphatidylcholine. Adipose tissue is the main source of circulating ATX that modulates plasma LPA levels. Upregulation of ATX expression in obese patients and mice is closely related with insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance. However, the mechanism of ATX expression in adipocytes remains largely unknown. In this study, we found that glycoprotein 130 (gp130)-mediated Janus kinase (JAK)-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) activation was required for abundant ATX expression in adipocytes. Through gp130, the interleukin 6 (IL-6) family cytokines, such as IL-6, leukemia inhibitory factor, cardiotrophin-1, and ciliary neurotrophic factor, upregulated ATX expression in adipocytes. ATX contributes to the induction of insulin resistance and lipolysis in IL-6-stimulated adipocytes. Oral administration of gp130 inhibitor SC144 suppressed ATX expression in adipose tissue, decreased plasma ATX, LPA, and FFA levels, and significantly improved insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in high-fat diet-fed obese mice. In summary, our results indicate that the activation of gp130-JAK-STAT3 pathway by IL-6 family cytokines has an important role in regulating ATX expression in adipocytes and that gp130 is a promising target in the management of obesity-associated glucose metabolic diseases.

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