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Textiles Surface: Wearable and Smart Devices

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Sciences and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2022) | Viewed by 31161

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Dr. Sungwoo Chun

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Department SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Korea
Interests: soft sensors detecting pressure; force, vibration, and texture; human-inspired skin electronics; wearable electronic skin; textile- or fabric-based electronic devices; coating of nanomaterials on 3D foam and fabric; wearable energy harvesting and storage materials and devices

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Wearable electronic devices have been attracting a lot of attention, with demand for portable and smart electronics continuing to increase. In particular, the use of electronic devices on textiles or fabrics makes it possible to implement a wearable electronic system without any additional attachment or embedding. The purpose of this Special Issue is to address advances in smart textile materials and fabric-based wearable devices. Research topics may include, but are not limited to, advanced materials, coatings, sensors, supercapacitors, and adhesion related to wearable devices. Research on various related topics, such as soft sensors, artificial skin, energy harvesting, supercapacitors, and filtration to implement wearable devices are also welcome in this Special Issue.

Dr. Sungwoo Chun
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Wearable electronics
  • Sensors
  • Smart materials
  • Energy harvesting
  • Supercapacitors
  • Artificial skin
  • Adhesion
  • Filtration

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Textile-Based Pressure Sensing Matrix for In-Bed Monitoring of Subject Sleeping Posture and Breathing Activity
by Nicola Carbonaro, Marco Laurino, Lucia Arcarisi, Danilo Menicucci, Angelo Gemignani and Alessandro Tognetti
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(6), 2552; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062552 - 12 Mar 2021
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According to current trends in healthcare sensing technologies, we describe a textile-based pressure sensing matrix that can be integrated in the mattress of a smart bed to characterize sleeping posture/movement of a subject and to extract breathing activity. The pressure mapping layer is [...] Read more.
According to current trends in healthcare sensing technologies, we describe a textile-based pressure sensing matrix that can be integrated in the mattress of a smart bed to characterize sleeping posture/movement of a subject and to extract breathing activity. The pressure mapping layer is developed as a matrix of 195 piezoresistive sensors, it is entirely made of textile materials, and it is the basic component of a smart bed that can perform sleep analysis, can extract physiological parameters, and can detect environmental data related to subject’s health. In this paper, we show the principle of the pressure mapping layer and the architecture of the dedicated electronic system that we developed for signal acquisition. In addition, we describe the algorithms for posture/movement classification (dedicated artificial neural network) and for extraction of the breathing rate (frequency domain analysis). We also perform validation of the system to quantify the accuracy/precision of the posture classification and the statistical analysis to compare our breathing rate estimation with the gold standard. Full article
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Review
Future Trend in Wearable Electronics in the Textile Industry
by Chi-Wai Kan and Yin-Ling Lam
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 3914; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11093914 - 26 Apr 2021
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Smart wearable textiles can sense, react, and adapt themselves to external conditions or stimuli, and they can be divided into active and passive smart wearable textiles, which can work with the human brain for cognition, reasoning, and activating capacity. Wearable technology is among [...] Read more.
Smart wearable textiles can sense, react, and adapt themselves to external conditions or stimuli, and they can be divided into active and passive smart wearable textiles, which can work with the human brain for cognition, reasoning, and activating capacity. Wearable technology is among the fastest growing parts of health, entertainment, and education. In the future, the development of wearable electronics will be focused on multifunctional, user-friendly, and user acceptance and comfort features and shall be based on advanced electronic textile systems. Full article
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Fiber-Based Sensors and Energy Systems for Wearable Electronics
by Jungjoon Lee, Sungha Jeon, Hyeonyeob Seo, Jung Tae Lee and Seongjun Park
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(2), 531; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11020531 - 7 Jan 2021
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Wearable electronics have been receiving increasing attention for the past few decades. Particularly, fiber-based electronics are considered to be ideal for many applications for their flexibility, lightweight, breathability, and comfortability. Furthermore, fibers and fiber-based textiles can be 3D-molded with ease and potentially integrated [...] Read more.
Wearable electronics have been receiving increasing attention for the past few decades. Particularly, fiber-based electronics are considered to be ideal for many applications for their flexibility, lightweight, breathability, and comfortability. Furthermore, fibers and fiber-based textiles can be 3D-molded with ease and potentially integrated with everyday clothes or accessories. These properties are especially desired in the fields of bio-related sensors and energy-storage systems. Wearable sensors utilize a tight interface with human skin and clothes for continuous environmental scanning and non-invasive health monitoring. At the same time, their flexible and lightweight properties allow more convenient and user-friendly experiences to the wearers. Similarly, for the wearable devices to be more accessible, it is crucial to incorporate energy harvesting and storage systems into the device themselves, removing the need to attach an external power source. This review summarizes the recent applications of fibers and fiber-based textiles in mechanical, photonic, and biomedical sensors. Pressure and strain sensors and their implementation as electronic skins will be explored, along with other various fiber sensors capable of imaging objects or monitoring safety and health markers. In addition, we attempt to elucidate recent studies in energy-storing fibers and their implication in self-powered and fully wireless wearable devices. Full article
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Case Report
Dye Schedule Optimization: A Case Study in a Textile Industry
by Uiraquitan Tadeu Gomes, Plácido Rogério Pinheiro and Rommel Dias Saraiva
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(14), 6467; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11146467 - 13 Jul 2021
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In a demanding and globalized market, production management plays a fundamental role in the company’s reference. Proper management of the production area allows companies to obtain productivity gains, reducing operational costs and make contributions to face the competitiveness of their competitors. When defining [...] Read more.
In a demanding and globalized market, production management plays a fundamental role in the company’s reference. Proper management of the production area allows companies to obtain productivity gains, reducing operational costs and make contributions to face the competitiveness of their competitors. When defining its strategic objectives in a productive system, it is necessary to formulate plans to manage human resources and strategies based on requirements. In this context, planning, production, and control (PPC) is an excellent ally of the organizations. The adequate development of the activities of the PPC allows companies to minimize production orders not attended, minimize stocks of raw materials, and finished products, minimize idleness of human resources by efficient allocation of work and minimize production processing times. The present work proposes a study to organize and develop a model that guides the prediction of the setup gain in the fabric dyeing process, structured by the traveling salesman problem. Full article
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