Influence of fabric ties on the performance of woven-in optical fibres

Schuster, Jens; Trahan, Martina; Heider, Dirk; Wei, Li

doi:10.1016/s1359-835x(03)00177-5

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“…Additionally, novel fiber loop configuration can be applied in optic fibers such as the figure-of-eight coil, which results in increased linearity of response, On the basis of different application requirements, other textile techniques can be adopted for FBG integration, given different textile materials and structures equipped with various fabric properties for wearable applications. To achieve a thinner handle of developed fabric sensor, optical fibers could be woven into a fabric with a limited bending angle for effective sensing functions, or embedded into multilayer woven structures for a more stable structure with more functions on different layers [43][44][45]. Moreover, a crochet fabrication technique was commonly adopted to integrate optical fibers into textiles with a "sinusoidal" shape [46,47].…”

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confidence: 99%

Multifunctional Textile Platform for Fiber Optic Wearable Temperature-Monitoring Application

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Wearable sensing technologies have been developed rapidly in the last decades for physiological and biomechanical signal monitoring. Much attention has been paid to functions of wearable applications, but comfort parameters have been overlooked. This research presents a developed fabric temperature sensor by adopting fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors and processing via a textile platform. This FBG-based quasi-distributed sensing system demonstrated a sensitivity of 10.61 ± 0.08 pm/°C with high stability in various temperature environments. No obvious wavelength shift occurred under the curvatures varying from 0 to 50.48 m−1 and in different integration methods with textiles. The temperature distribution monitored by the developed textile sensor in a complex environment with multiple heat sources was deduced using MATLAB to present a real-time dynamic temperature distribution in the wearing environment. This novel fabric temperature sensor shows high sensitivity, stability, and usability with comfort textile properties that are of great potential in wearable applications.

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Multifunctional Textile Platform for Fiber Optic Wearable Temperature-Monitoring Application

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“…Warp yarns and weft yarns are interlaced one by one in a basic woven structure, as presented in Figure 6a. In most cases, optical fibers are woven into a fabric in unbent condition or with a limited bending angle to ensure effective transmission and sensing functions [9,44,45]. Optical fibers and standard textile yarns are commonly fabricated via a handloom by interlacing in accordance with design rules (e.g., plain, twill, and sateen (Figure 6b).…”

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confidence: 99%

Wearable Fiber Optic Technology Based on Smart Textile: A Review

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Emerging smart textiles have enriched a variety of wearable technologies, including fiber optic technology. Optic fibers are widely applied in communication, sensing, and healthcare, and smart textiles enable fiber optic technology to be worn close to soft and curved human body parts for personalized functions. This review briefly introduces wearable fiber optic applications with various functions, including fashion and esthetics, vital signal monitoring, and disease treatment. The main working principles of side emission, wavelength modulation, and intensity modulation are summarized. In addition, textile fabrication techniques, including weaving and knitting, are discussed and illustrated as combination methods of embedding fiber optic technology into textile fabric. In conclusion, the combination of optical fibers and textiles has drawn considerable interest and developed rapidly. This work provides an overview of textile-based wearable fiber optic technology and discusses potential textile fabrication techniques for further improvement of wearable fiber optic applications.

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“…Prediction of the color of an individual fi ber based on the fi ber absorption and refl ection properties was discussed by Sokkar et al (1992). Prediction of textile appearance due to multi-fi ber redirection of light was addressed by Rubin et al (1997), Grasso et al (1997) and Schuster et al (2003). It was also established that the shape of the individual fi bers comprising a yarn bundle has a major effect on the appearance of the resultant textile (Maekawa et al , 1984;Rubin et al , 1994;Sirikasemlert and Tao, 1999;Yamaguchi and Takanabe, 2001;Zhang et al , 2003), including textile brightness, glitter, color, etc.…”

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confidence: 99%