Quantification of fundamental textile properties of electronic textiles fabricated using different techniques

Shahidi, AM ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7780-3122, Marasinghe, K ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9050-5261, Ebrahimi, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2088-6857, Wood, J, Rahemtulla, Z ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4695-821X, Jobling, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0550-7963, Oliveira, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-3534, Dias, T and Hughes-Riley, T ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8020-430X, 2024. Quantification of fundamental textile properties of electronic textiles fabricated using different techniques. Textiles, 4 (2), pp. 218-236. ISSN 2673-7248

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Abstract

Electronic textiles (E-textiles) have experienced an increase in interest in recent years leading to a variety of new concepts emerging in the field. Despite these technical innovations, there is limited literature relating to the testing of E-textiles for some of the fundamental properties linked to wearer comfort. As such, this research investigates four fundamental properties of E-textiles: air permeability, drape, heat transfer, and moisture transfer. Three different types of E-textiles were explored: an embroidered electrode, a knitted electrode, and a knitted structure with an embedded electronic yarn. All of the E-textiles utilized the same base knitted fabric structure to facilitate a comparative study. The study used established textile testing practices to evaluate the E-textiles to ascertain the suitability of these standards for these materials. The study provides a useful point of reference to those working in the field and highlights some limitations of existing textile testing methodologies when applied to E-textiles.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Textiles
Creators:	Shahidi, A.M., Marasinghe, K., Ebrahimi, P., Wood, J., Rahemtulla, Z., Jobling, P., Oliveira, C., Dias, T. and Hughes-Riley, T.
Publisher:	MDPI AG
Date:	3 May 2024
Volume:	4
Number:	2
ISSN:	2673-7248
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.3390/textiles4020013 DOI 1892888 Other
Rights:	© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham School of Art & Design Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	09 May 2024 08:45
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2024 11:56
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URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51415

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