Some Significant Trends in Conductive Textiles

N Gokarneshan¹* and G Naren Srivatsav²

Received: June 14, 2018;   Published: June 20, 2018

DOI: 10.32474/LTTFD.2018.02.000136

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Abstract

The article critically reviews some of the significant advances in conductive textile materials. Body motion signals indicate several pathological features of the human body, and a wearable human motion monitoring system can respond to human joint motion signal in real time, thereby enabling the prevention and treatment of some diseases. Because conductive fabrics can be well integrated with the garment, they are ideal as a sensing element of wearable human motion monitoring systems. In situ polymerization has been used for the preparation of poly pyrrole conductive fabric. Investigations have been carried out relating to the anisotropic property of the conductive fabric resistance, resistance-strain relationship, and the relationship between resistance and the human knee and elbow movements. In another development, a novel two-step method has been developed for fabricating silver plating cotton fabrics (SPCFs) with high electrical conductivity and excellent washing fastness. Cotton wrapped nichrome yarn, copper core conductive yarn, optical core conductive yarn POF of different diameters have been developed to produce, nichrome fabric, copper core conductive fabric, optical core conductive fabric and tele intimation fabric.

Keywords: Conductive Fabric; Polypyrrole; Silver Plated; Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness; Copper Core Yarn; Wearable Electronics; Smart Textiles

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