Toward Programmable Materials for Wearable Electronics: Electrical Welding Turns Sensors into Conductors

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1800273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ragesh Chellattoan ◽  
Vinicius Lube ◽  
Gilles Lubineau
Keyword(s):  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Programmable Materials

scholarly journals Wearable Electronics: Buckled Structures: Fabrication and Applications in Wearable Electronics (Small 32/2019)

Small ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (32) ◽  
pp. 1970169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Hu ◽  
Yuanyuan Dou ◽  
Jingjing Li ◽  
Zunfeng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Wearable Electronics

scholarly journals Fully transient stretchable fruit‐based battery as safe and environmentally friendly power source for wearable electronics

EcoMat ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zifeng Wang ◽  
Xue Li ◽  
Zijie Yang ◽  
Hongchen Guo ◽  
Yu Jun Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Power Source ◽  
Wearable Electronics

scholarly journals Recent Advances in Liquid Metal Based Wearable Electronics and Materials

iScience ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 102698
Author(s):  
Phillip Won ◽  
Seongmin Jeong ◽  
Carmel Majidi ◽  
Seung Hwan Ko
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Metal ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Recent Advances

scholarly journals Design framework for a seamless smart glove using a digital knitting system

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yewon Song ◽  
Seulah Lee ◽  
Yuna Choi ◽  
Sora Han ◽  
Hyuna Won ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Performance Requirements ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Promising Strategy ◽  
Cad Cam ◽  
Wearable Electronic ◽  
Electronic Textile

AbstractThe wearable electronics integrated with textile-based devices is a promising strategy to meet the requirements of human comfort as well as electrical performances. This research presents a design and development framework for a seamless glove sensor system using digital knitting fabrication. Based on the performance requirements of glove sensors for controlling a prosthetic hand, desirable design components include electrical conductivity, comfort, formfit, electrical sensitivity, and customizable design. These attributes are determined and achieved by applying appropriate materials and fabrication technologies. In this study, a digital knitting CAD/CAM system is utilized to meet the desired performance criteria, and two prototypes of the seamless glove sensor systems are successfully developed for the detection of both human and robotic finger motions. This digital knitting system will provide considerable potential for customized design development as well as a sustainable production process. This structured, systematic approach could be adapted in the future development of wearable electronic textile systems.

scholarly journals Studies on the electrostatic effects of stretched PVDF films and nanofibers

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yixuan Lin ◽  
Yuqiong Zhang ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Meining Zhang ◽  
Dalong Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Energy Harvesters ◽  
Β Phase ◽  
Poly Vinylidene Fluoride ◽  
Piezoelectric Effects ◽  
Energy Harvesting Devices

AbstractThe electroactive β-phase in Poly (vinylidene fluoride, PVDF) is the most desirable conformation due to its highest pyro- and piezoelectric properties, which make it feasible to be used as flexible sensors, wearable electronics, and energy harvesters etc. In this study, we successfully developed a method to obtain high-content β-phase PVDF films and nanofiber meshes by mechanical stretching and electric spinning. The phase transition process and pyro- and piezoelectric effects of stretched films and nanofiber meshes were characterized by monitoring the polarized light microscopy (PLM) images, outputting currents and open-circuit voltages respectively, which were proved to be closely related to stretching ratio (λ) and concentrations. This study could expand a new route for the easy fabrication and wide application of PVDF films or fibers in wearable electronics, sensors, and energy harvesting devices.

scholarly journals Anisotropic, Wrinkled, and Crack-Bridging Structure for Ultrasensitive, Highly Selective Multidirectional Strain Sensors

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng Zhang ◽  
Dan Liu ◽  
Jeng-Hun Lee ◽  
Haomin Chen ◽  
Eunyoung Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rational Design ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Human Motion ◽  
Strain Sensors ◽  
Gauge Factor ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Human Motion Detection ◽  
Sensing Applications ◽  
Anisotropic Structures

AbstractFlexible multidirectional strain sensors are crucial to accurately determining the complex strain states involved in emerging sensing applications. Although considerable efforts have been made to construct anisotropic structures for improved selective sensing capabilities, existing anisotropic sensors suffer from a trade-off between high sensitivity and high stretchability with acceptable linearity. Here, an ultrasensitive, highly selective multidirectional sensor is developed by rational design of functionally different anisotropic layers. The bilayer sensor consists of an aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) array assembled on top of a periodically wrinkled and cracked CNT–graphene oxide film. The transversely aligned CNT layer bridge the underlying longitudinal microcracks to effectively discourage their propagation even when highly stretched, leading to superior sensitivity with a gauge factor of 287.6 across a broad linear working range of up to 100% strain. The wrinkles generated through a pre-straining/releasing routine in the direction transverse to CNT alignment is responsible for exceptional selectivity of 6.3, to the benefit of accurate detection of loading directions by the multidirectional sensor. This work proposes a unique approach to leveraging the inherent merits of two cross-influential anisotropic structures to resolve the trade-off among sensitivity, selectivity, and stretchability, demonstrating promising applications in full-range, multi-axis human motion detection for wearable electronics and smart robotics.

scholarly journals Direct coherent multi-ink printing of fabric supercapacitors

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. eabd6978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingxin Zhao ◽  
Hongyu Lu ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Shixiong Yu ◽  
Oleksandr I. Malyi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
System Integration ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Mechanical Stability ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
High Mass ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Fabrication Procedure ◽  
Self Powered ◽  
Mechanical Devices

Coaxial fiber-shaped supercapacitors with short charge carrier diffusion paths are highly desirable as high-performance energy storage devices for wearable electronics. However, the traditional approaches based on the multistep fabrication processes for constructing the fiber-shaped energy device still encounter persistent restrictions in fabrication procedure, scalability, and mechanical durability. To overcome this critical challenge, an all-in-one coaxial fiber-shaped asymmetric supercapacitor (FASC) device is realized by a direct coherent multi-ink writing three-dimensional printing technology via designing the internal structure of the coaxial needles and regulating the rheological property and the feed rates of the multi-ink. Benefitting from the compact coaxial structure, the FASC device delivers a superior areal energy/power density at a high mass loading, and outstanding mechanical stability. As a conceptual exhibition for system integration, the FASC device is integrated with mechanical units and pressure sensor to realize high-performance self-powered mechanical devices and monitoring systems, respectively.

scholarly journals Foldable and washable textile-based OLEDs with a multi-functional near-room-temperature encapsulation layer for smart e-textiles

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
So Yeong Jeong ◽  
Hye Rin Shim ◽  
Yunha Na ◽  
Ki Suk Kang ◽  
Yongmin Jeon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Stable Operating ◽  
Mechanical Durability ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Wearable Electronic ◽  
Data Signal ◽  
Wearable Electronic Devices

AbstractWearable electronic devices are being developed because of their wide potential applications and user convenience. Among them, wearable organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) play an important role in visualizing the data signal processed in wearable electronics to humans. In this study, textile-based OLEDs were fabricated and their practical utility was demonstrated. The textile-based OLEDs exhibited a stable operating lifetime under ambient conditions, enough mechanical durability to endure the deformation by the movement of humans, and washability for maintaining its optoelectronic properties even in water condition such as rain, sweat, or washing. In this study, the main technology used to realize this textile-based OLED was multi-functional near-room-temperature encapsulation. The outstanding impermeability of TiO2 film deposited at near-room-temperature was demonstrated. The internal residual stress in the encapsulation layer was controlled, and the device was capped by highly cross-linked hydrophobic polymer film, providing a highly impermeable, mechanically flexible, and waterproof encapsulation.

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