Study on Different Techniques of Fabricating Conductive Fabrics for Developing Wearable Electronics Garments

Abstract

The mainstream research discourses and practices have been transforming into interdisciplinary studies recently. The combination of electronics and textiles can be classified as: wearable electronics, textronics and fibertronics, based on degree of integration. This paper discussed about development of cotton wrapped nichrome yarn, copper core conductive yarn, optical core conductive yarn POF of different diameters to produce, nichrome fabric, copper core conductive fabric, optical core conductive fabric and teleintimation fabric. The yarn and the fabrics were tested using a dedicated test rig developed for this research work. This work provides the platform for the methodology of developing conductive yarns and fabric for the wearable electronics product development to progress on the issue of user acceptability.

Designing and investigation of braided-cum-woven structure for wearable heating textile

“…These include methods of coating via electrospinning [15,16], solution impregnation, in situ polymerization [17,18], and nanocoating [19] of conductive materials like graphene, single/multi-walled carbon nanotubes, silver nanoparticles, etc [20][21][22][23][24][25] on fabric substrate. Other approaches include the introduction of metallic or metal-coated fibers and yarns [20] through weaving, braiding, knitting or embroidery [26][27][28]. For instance, wearable electronic garments were fabricated by weft insertion of cotton coated nichrome and copper yarn using handloom and power loom [28].…”

“…Other approaches include the introduction of metallic or metal-coated fibers and yarns [20] through weaving, braiding, knitting or embroidery [26][27][28]. For instance, wearable electronic garments were fabricated by weft insertion of cotton coated nichrome and copper yarn using handloom and power loom [28]. For the production of conductive filaments, nickel, iron, stainless steel, chromium, brass, bronze, silver, gold, aluminum, etc is widely used.…”

Stability test of the silicon Fiber Bragg Grating embroidered on textile for joint angle measurement

“…The development of the advance technology including nanotechnology, material science, and electronic technology lead us to the smart textile wearable devices [1]. Most of the smart textiles, normally called "wearable electronic" are developed based on electronic system [2,3]. These devices can monitor the physiological condition of our body [4,5], communicate via the wireless system [6], and generate power by themselves [6,7].…”