Advances in the Robustness of Wearable Electronic Textiles: Strategies, Stability, Washability and Perspective

Sadi, Mohammad Shak; Kumpikaitė, Eglė

doi:10.3390/nano12122039

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“…1 Furthermore, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Institute of Printed Circuits (IPC) provide some additional standards related to wearable E-textiles. 215 Following these standards to validate properties such as safety, structure, comfort, durability, and aesthetics will provide more opportunities for future steps in TRLs. Shak Sadi and Kumpikaite have provided a comprehensive review of standard testing procedures on durability testing, namely, stability and washability related to wearable applications.…”

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The Potential of Electrospinning to Enable the Realization of Energy-Autonomous Wearable Sensing Systems

Dinuwan Gunawardhana,

Simorangkir,

McGuinness

et al. 2024

ACS Nano

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The market for wearable electronic devices is experiencing significant growth and increasing potential for the future. Researchers worldwide are actively working to improve these devices, particularly in developing wearable electronics with balanced functionality and wearability for commercialization. Electrospinning, a technology that creates nano/microfiber-based membranes with high surface area, porosity, and favorable mechanical properties for human in vitro and in vivo applications using a broad range of materials, is proving to be a promising approach. Wearable electronic devices can use mechanical, thermal, evaporative and solar energy harvesting technologies to generate power for future energy needs, providing more options than traditional sources. This review offers a comprehensive analysis of how electrospinning technology can be used in energy-autonomous wearable wireless sensing systems. It provides an overview of the electrospinning technology, fundamental mechanisms, and applications in energy scavenging, human physiological signal sensing, energy storage, and antenna for data transmission. The review discusses combining wearable electronic technology and textile engineering to create superior wearable devices and increase future collaboration opportunities. Additionally, the challenges related to conducting appropriate testing for market-ready products using these devices are also discussed.

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Section: Testing and Validation Techniquesmentioning

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The Potential of Electrospinning to Enable the Realization of Energy-Autonomous Wearable Sensing Systems

Dinuwan Gunawardhana,

Simorangkir,

McGuinness

et al. 2024

ACS Nano

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“…The development of textile-based energy storage devices are outstanding research works that can be used in wearable technology to address the power consumption issues [ 65 ]. Advances in wearable electronics are going to replace spacey, non-flexible and uncomfortable wearable electronics [ 66 ]. In addition, printed textile batteries are also being researched for wearables, which will mitigate energy problems of these devices [ 67 ].…”

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A Survey on Wireless Wearable Body Area Networks: A Perspective of Technology and Economy

Bhatti

Saleem

Imran

et al. 2022

Sensors

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The deployment of wearable or body-worn devices is increasing rapidly, and thus researchers’ interests mainly include technical and economical issues, such as networking, interoperability, security, power optimization, business growth and regulation. To address these issues properly, previous survey papers usually focused on describing the wireless body area network architecture and network protocols. This implies that deployment issues and awareness issues of wearable and BAN devices are not emphasized in previous work. To defeat this problem, in this study, we have focused on feasibility, limitations, and security concerns in wireless body area networks. In the aspect of the economy, we have focused on the compound annual growth rate of these devices in the global market, different regulations of wearable/wireless body area network devices in different regions and countries of the world and feasible research projects for wireless body area networks. In addition, this study focuses on the domain of devices that are equally important to physicians, sportsmen, trainers and coaches, computer scientists, engineers, and investors. The outcomes of this study relating to physicians, fitness trainers and coaches indicate that the use of these devices means they would be able to treat their clients in a more effective way. The study also converges the focus of businessmen on the Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) and provides manufacturers and vendors with information about different regulatory bodies that are monitoring and regulating WBAN devices. Therefore, by providing deployment issues in the aspects of technology and economy at the same time, we believe that this survey can serve as a preliminary material that will lead to more advancements and improvements in deployment in the area of wearable wireless body area networks. Finally, we present open issues and further research direction in the area of wireless body area networks.

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“…Therefore, in-textile fabrication and monolithic integration of electronic devices and circuits using commonly adopted conductive materials (e.g., tin and copper) are in high demand (41)(42)(43)(44). Polymer-assisted metal deposition (PAMD), a low-cost and highthroughput technique, has become a practical chemical process for fabricating conductive textiles due to its superior stability and conductivity (45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50).…”

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A monolithically integrated in-textile wristband for wireless epidermal biosensing

Ma,

Wang,

Huang

et al. 2023

Sci. Adv.

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Textile bioelectronics that allow comfortable epidermal contact hold great promise in noninvasive biosensing. However, their applications are limited mainly because of the large intrinsic electrical resistance and low compatibility for electronics integration. We report an integrated wristband that consists of multifunctional modules in a single piece of textile to realize wireless epidermal biosensing. The in-textile metallic patterning and reliable interconnect encapsulation contribute to the excellent electrical conductivity, mechanical robustness, and waterproofness that are competitive with conventional flexible devices. Moreover, the well-maintained porous textile architectures deliver air permeability of 79 mm s −1 and moisture permeability of 270 g m −2 day −1 , which are more than one order of magnitude higher than medical tapes, thus ensuring superior wearing comfort. The integrated in-textile wristband performed continuous sweat potassium monitoring in the range of 0.3 to 40 mM with long-term stability, demonstrating its great potential for wearable fitness monitoring and point-of-care testing.

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Advances in the Robustness of Wearable Electronic Textiles: Strategies, Stability, Washability and Perspective

Cited by 25 publications

References 271 publications

The Potential of Electrospinning to Enable the Realization of Energy-Autonomous Wearable Sensing Systems

The Potential of Electrospinning to Enable the Realization of Energy-Autonomous Wearable Sensing Systems

A Survey on Wireless Wearable Body Area Networks: A Perspective of Technology and Economy

A monolithically integrated in-textile wristband for wireless epidermal biosensing

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