E-Textiles
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2021) | Viewed by 8224
Special Issue Editor
Interests: e-textiles; smart textiles; acoustics; light and sonic textiles; conductive textiles; industry 4.0; textile sensors; cyberphysical systems; electrical engineering; metamaterials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
E-textiles are smart textiles with integrated electronics or electrical functionality. This electrical functionality is often required to operate sensors or actuators. In addition, the sensor properties are often implemented directly on the lowest textile level, on the fibers or on the yarn itself. In this case, too, the sensors or actuators are operated, controlled or read out directly with electricity. The energy supply is also an important component of e-textiles. This can be done, for example, either via batteries or via electrical energy generation on or in the e-textiles. Energy and information are brought to sensors or actuators via electrically conductive structures, wireless energy transfer, or even bus systems. Sensors (e.g., on SMDs) or textile sensor structures in e-textiles can detect, e.g., temperature, pressure, elongation, movement, humidity, light, gases or electrical potentials. In addition, light, heat or even movement can also be generated in e-textiles. E-textiles could be a component of cyberphysical systems. The connection technology of the electrical components in e-textiles represents a major challenge in terms of wash resistance and mechanical stability.
The basis of e-textiles is formed by woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, warp-knitted fabrics, non-woven or even embroidered structures with electrically conductive components, yarns or fibers. All of these topics are the subject of current research and are being intensively studied. As a result wearables and products are being developed. The subject of this Special Issue is to present new developments and the latest research results on e-textiles and their components.
Dr. Michael Haupt
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Electronic textiles/e-textiles
- Textile sensors
- Printed electronics
- Energy supply/batteries/contactless energy transfer
- Energy harvesting
- Bus computing
- Textile pressure and elongation sensor
- Textile electrodes
- Applicatoins of e-textiles
- Cyberphysical systems
- Wearables
- Measurement of vital parameters
- Integration of smd on textiles
- Packaging
- Connectivity
- Sensor yarns
- Woven fabric/knitted fabric/warp-knitted fabric/non-woven/embroidered structures
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