Advanced Fiber Materials, Volume. 6, Issue 2, 00368(2024)

Washable and Multifunctional Electronic Textiles Via In Situ Lamination for Personal Health Care

Xinghua Hong1...2,†, Wei Sun1,†, Songlin Zhang2,3,*, Zhaogang Tang1, Mengjuan Zhou2, Shuai Guo2, Xingkui Guo2, Weili Zhao1, Xiaolin Wang4, Haiming Chen3, Ziquan Zhang5, Dongsheng Mao3,**, Chaobin He2,6,*** and Swee Ching Tan2,**** |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1College of Textiles (International Silk Institute), Key Laboratory of Intelligent Textile and Flexible Interconnection of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore
  • 3Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related Technologies, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Protective Technologies, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Polymeric Materials Technology and Application of Zhejiang Province, Laboratory of Polymers and Composites, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
  • 5BCA Academy, Singapore, 579700, Singapore
  • 6Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore, 138634, Singapore
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    Limitations of current electronic textiles (e-textiles), including poor washability, instability, and inferior sensing capability, are concerns hindering their broad and practical applications in personal health care management, virtual games, sports, and more. Here, we report an RGO/PANI e-textile via alternative coatings of in situ reduced graphene oxides (RGO) and in situ polymerized polyaniline (PANI), establishing a laminated structure on a knitted textile substrate. As a result of an in situ lamination strategy, our e-textile exhibits excellent breathability (1428 mm s-1, greater than that of bare cotton fabric) and outstanding sensitivity (gage factor of 39.7) over a wide strain range (~ 0.0625–200%). Importantly, we observed exceptional sensing durability even after severe mechanical disturbance of stretching, bending, or twisting (> 1500 cycles) and daily machine washes. Detailed analysis revealed that our proposed in situ lamination approach enabled the physical and chemical interactions between sensing active materials and the textile substrate. Furthermore, the electromechanical behavior of our RGO/PANI e-textile was thoroughly analyzed based on an equivalent electrical circuit, which agreed well with the experimental data. Example applications of the e-textile were demonstrated for personal health care management, including body motion monitoring, emotional sensing, and flatfoot gait correction. The RGO/PANI e-textile presented in this study holds significant implications for the evolution of health care applications utilizing smart e-textiles.

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    Xinghua Hong, Wei Sun, Songlin Zhang, Zhaogang Tang, Mengjuan Zhou, Shuai Guo, Xingkui Guo, Weili Zhao, Xiaolin Wang, Haiming Chen, Ziquan Zhang, Dongsheng Mao, Chaobin He, Swee Ching Tan. Washable and Multifunctional Electronic Textiles Via In Situ Lamination for Personal Health Care[J]. Advanced Fiber Materials, 2024, 6(2): 00368

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Aug. 23, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 26, 2023

    Published Online: Jul. 5, 2024

    The Author Email: Zhang Songlin (aclin.zhang@gmail.com), Mao Dongsheng (maodongsheng@nimte.ac.cn), He Chaobin (msehc@nus.edu.sg), Tan Swee Ching (msetansc@nus.edu.sg)

    DOI:10.1007/s42765-023-00368-3

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