The graphene oxides are abundant in hydroxyl and carboxyl groups that are close to the reactive dyes. These structural features gave a possibility to modify textiles to enhance the conductivity by using the dyeing and finishing method. Herein, graphene modified cotton textiles are fabricated by soaking cotton cloth in graphene oxide colloid. After reduction, the modified textiles exhibit an improved conductivity. The present work contributed a facile strategy for graphene modified textiles.

Thermal-acoustic devices have great potential as flexible ultrathin sound sources. However, stretchable sound sources based on a thermal-acoustic mechanism remain elusive, as realizing stable resistance in a reasonable range is challenging. In this study, a stretchable thermal-acoustic device based on graphene ink is fabricated on a weft-knitted fabric. After optimization of the graphene ink concentration, the device resistance changes by 8.94% during 4000 cycles of operation in the unstretchable state. After multiple cycles of bending, folding, prodding, and washing, the sound pressure level (SPL) change of the device is within 10%. Moreover, the SPL has an increase with the strain in a specific range, showing a phenomenon similar to the negative differential resistance (NDR) effect. This study sheds light on the use of stretchable thermal-acoustic devices for e-skin and wearable electronics.