Futuristic Clothes: Electronic Textiles and Wearable Technologies

İşmar, Ezgi; Bahadır, Senem Kurşun; Kalaoğlu, Fatma; Končar, Vladan

doi:10.1002/gch2.201900092

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“…The first time, the concept “E-textiles” was defined in Japan in 1989 [ 80 ]. E-Textiles are an emerging interdisciplinary field of wearables with potential applications in healthcare, fitness, health and safety [ 81 ]. Worldwide, various material scientist groups are involved in developing conductive fabrics with embedded sensors on fabrics which is not the focus of the present review.…”

Section: Wearable Devices and Their Featuresmentioning

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Wearable Biosensors: An Alternative and Practical Approach in Healthcare and Disease Monitoring

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With the increasing prevalence of growing population, aging and chronic diseases continuously rising healthcare costs, the healthcare system is undergoing a vital transformation from the traditional hospital-centered system to an individual-centered system. Since the 20th century, wearable sensors are becoming widespread in healthcare and biomedical monitoring systems, empowering continuous measurement of critical biomarkers for monitoring of the diseased condition and health, medical diagnostics and evaluation in biological fluids like saliva, blood, and sweat. Over the past few decades, the developments have been focused on electrochemical and optical biosensors, along with advances with the non-invasive monitoring of biomarkers, bacteria and hormones, etc. Wearable devices have evolved gradually with a mix of multiplexed biosensing, microfluidic sampling and transport systems integrated with flexible materials and body attachments for improved wearability and simplicity. These wearables hold promise and are capable of a higher understanding of the correlations between analyte concentrations within the blood or non-invasive biofluids and feedback to the patient, which is significantly important in timely diagnosis, treatment, and control of medical conditions. However, cohort validation studies and performance evaluation of wearable biosensors are needed to underpin their clinical acceptance. In the present review, we discuss the importance, features, types of wearables, challenges and applications of wearable devices for biological fluids for the prevention of diseased conditions and real-time monitoring of human health. Herein, we summarize the various wearable devices that are developed for healthcare monitoring and their future potential has been discussed in detail.

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Section: Wearable Devices and Their Featuresmentioning

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Wearable Biosensors: An Alternative and Practical Approach in Healthcare and Disease Monitoring

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“…Textile-integrated electronic systems have major advantages in terms of bending, stretching, light-weight, acceptability, and flexibility. Based on their usage and fabrication techniques, they can be classified as integrated electronic textiles, fabricated electronic devices [ 10 ], and normal electronic devices embedded in textile substrates [ 1 , 8 , 11 ]. A major part of e-textiles systems is made of textile-based materials.…”

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E-Textile Systems Reliability Assessment—A Miniaturized Accelerometer Used to Investigate Damage during Their Washing

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Tao

Cochrane

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Sensors

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E-textiles reveal a new and hybrid sector of the industry that is created by the integration of electronic components or textile-based electronics in our daily life textile products. They are facing problems in terms of washability, reliability, and user acceptance. This manuscript explains the mechanical stresses acting during the washing process and their impact on e-textile systems. Different washing programs were investigated in terms of total process duration. This washing process duration is mainly divided into three diverse washing actions: low-speed rotation, high-speed rotation, and stop time. This investigation was performed to highlight the importance of the washing actions and their percentages in the total washing process. A piece of fabric with a flexible PCB (printed circuit board), equipped with an accelerometer with a Bluetooth communication device and a microcontroller, was placed in the washing machine to analyze the movement of fabric provoked by washing stresses. The PCB was used for fabric movements recording to determine the impact of mechanical stress on e-textile systems during the washing process. From the video analysis, it was concluded that the duration of the low-speed and high-speed rotation actions should be privileged comparing to the duration of the whole washing process. A power spectral density (PSD) analysis based on the accelerometer outputs was realized. Mechanical stresses at different frequencies were identified. Based on this analysis, it could be possible to improve the protocols of mechanical tests (Martindale and pilling box) used to simulate the mechanical stress applied to e-textile systems during the washing process.

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“…Organic conductors, such as derivated polythiophene ionomers (e.g., PEDOT/PSS), have answered to this need by providing a ductile conductive platform. [ 11 ] However, metals still retain superior electrical conductivity, [ 12 ] which make them more suitable for e‐textiles if the rigidity challenge can be overcome. Additionally, conductors with design diversity possess clear advantages in comparison to the bulk conductive textiles.…”

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Metal‐Textile Laser Welding for Wearable Sensors Applications

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Camenzind

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Adv Elect Materials

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Electronic textile (E‐textile), an emerging technology, has the potential to revolutionize consumer electronics by transforming them into wearable devices. Highly conductive, textile conductors, suitable for commercialization, have yet not been developed. Here, a new metal‐textile laser welding method is presented for a rapid one‐step, stable, and cost‐efficient manufacturing of electrically conductive textiles. This method is a direct on‐textile approach for customized 2D nanothick metal coatings with flexible design. Different metals, like palladium, silver, or copper can be welded on functional membranes and textiles containing polymers. As shown by bonding a copper 2D pattern on a polyamide textile, the resistivity does not vary if compared to the bulk material. The generated interlocking bonding ensures strong physical adhesion between the partly molten polyamide fibers and a copper layer, resisting up to 10 000 abrasion cycles using the standardized Martindale test and up to 42 000 flexion cycles using the industrial standardized Schildknecht test. A promising application for textile integrated conductors is body monitoring sensors. The feasibility of a laser welded resistance temperature sensors on a functional membrane is demonstrated without impairing its mechanical stability. This technology presents suitable properties and variabilities for a wide range of application in E‐textiles and its commercialization.

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Futuristic Clothes: Electronic Textiles and Wearable Technologies

Cited by 151 publications

References 185 publications

Wearable Biosensors: An Alternative and Practical Approach in Healthcare and Disease Monitoring

Wearable Biosensors: An Alternative and Practical Approach in Healthcare and Disease Monitoring

E-Textile Systems Reliability Assessment—A Miniaturized Accelerometer Used to Investigate Damage during Their Washing

Metal‐Textile Laser Welding for Wearable Sensors Applications

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