Highly Stretchable and Flexible Melt Spun Thermoplastic Conductive Yarns for Smart Textiles

Islam, G. M. Nazmul; Collie, Stewart; Qasim, Muhammad; Ali, M. Azam

doi:10.3390/nano10122324

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“…PLA is a biocompatible polymer that is widely used in several fields such as food packaging, biomedicine and textiles, among others [ 3 , 4 , 5 ]. Additionally, PLA shows hydrolytic degradation and is slowly broken into non-toxic metabolites [ 6 ].…”

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PLA Electrospun Fibers Reinforced with Organic and Inorganic Nanoparticles: A Comparative Study

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In this work, different poly (lactic acid) (PLA)-based nanocomposite electrospun fibers, reinforced with both organic and inorganic nanoparticles, were obtained. As organic fibers, cellulose nanocrystals, CNC, both neat and functionalized by “grafting from” reaction, chitosan and graphene were used; meanwhile, hydroxyapatite and silver nanoparticles were used as inorganic fibers. All of the nanoparticles were added at 1 wt% with respect to the PLA matrix in order to be able to compare their effect. The main aim of this work was to study the morphological, thermal and mechanical properties of the different systems, looking for differences between the effects of the addition of organic or inorganic nanoparticles. No differences were found in either the glass transition temperature or the melting temperature between the different electrospun systems. However, systems reinforced with both neat and functionalized CNC exhibited an enhanced degree of crystallinity of the electrospun fibers, by up to 12.3%. From a mechanical point of view, both organic and inorganic nanoparticles exhibited a decreased elastic modulus and tensile strength in comparison to neat electrospun PLA fibers, improving their elongation at break. Furthermore, all of the organic and inorganic reinforced systems disintegrated under composting conditions after 35 days.

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PLA Electrospun Fibers Reinforced with Organic and Inorganic Nanoparticles: A Comparative Study

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“…In medicine, flexible sensors can be used for blood pressure measurements, [34] electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring, [35] electromyography (sEMG) [36] and non-invasive exhaled breath analysis [37,38]. In environmental applications, they are used for pressure and humidity measurements [39], gas sensing [40][41][42][43][44], or temperature measurements [45].…”

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Flexible Sensors Based on Conductive Polymers

Pavel

Lakard

2022

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Conductive polymers have attracted wide attention since their discovery due to their unique properties such as good electrical conductivity, thermal and chemical stability, and low cost. With different possibilities of preparation and deposition on surfaces, they present unique and tunable structures. Because of the ease of incorporating different elements to form composite materials, conductive polymers have been widely used in a plethora of applications. Their inherent mechanical tolerance limit makes them ideal for flexible devices, such as electrodes for batteries, artificial muscles, organic electronics, and sensors. As the demand for the next generation of (wearable) personal and flexible sensing devices is increasing, this review aims to discuss and summarize the recent manufacturing advances made on flexible electrochemical sensors

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“…111 The processability of PLA enables various form factors, such as PEDOT:PSS-coated conductive and stretchable PLA yarns could be used for detecting small movements in human motions. 112 Sustainable Electronic Materials. Wearable e-textiles incorporate electronic components and interconnections within their fibrous network 4 to accomplish specialized tasks such as health monitoring.…”

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Toward Sustainable Wearable Electronic Textiles

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Smart wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) that can detect and differentiate multiple stimuli, while also collecting and storing the diverse array of data signals using highly innovative, multifunctional, and intelligent garments, are of great value for personalized healthcare applications. However, material performance and sustainability, complicated and difficult e-textile fabrication methods, and their limited end-of-life processability are major challenges to wide adoption of e-textiles. In this review, we explore the potential for sustainable materials, manufacturing techniques, and their endof-the-life processes for developing eco-friendly e-textiles. In addition, we survey the current state-of-the-art for sustainable fibers and electronic materials (i.e., conductors, semiconductors, and dielectrics) to serve as different components in wearable e-textiles and then provide an overview of environmentally friendly digital manufacturing techniques for such textiles which involve less or no water utilization, combined with a reduction in both material waste and energy consumption. Furthermore, standardized parameters for evaluating the sustainability of e-textiles are established, such as life cycle analysis, biodegradability, and recyclability. Finally, we discuss the current development trends, as well as the future research directions for wearable e-textiles which include an integrated product design approach based on the use of eco-friendly materials, the development of sustainable manufacturing processes, and an effective end-of-the-life strategy to manufacture next generation smart and sustainable wearable e-textiles that can be either recycled to value-added products or decomposed in the landfill without any negative environmental impacts.

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Highly Stretchable and Flexible Melt Spun Thermoplastic Conductive Yarns for Smart Textiles

Cited by 20 publications

References 69 publications

PLA Electrospun Fibers Reinforced with Organic and Inorganic Nanoparticles: A Comparative Study

PLA Electrospun Fibers Reinforced with Organic and Inorganic Nanoparticles: A Comparative Study

Flexible Sensors Based on Conductive Polymers

Toward Sustainable Wearable Electronic Textiles

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