Advanced Fiber Materials for Wearable Electronics
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 123
Special Issue Editor
Interests: advanced fiber materials; wearable electronics; smart textiles; artificial muscles; carbon nanotube fibers; graphene fibers; piezoelectric fibers; energy harvesting; fiber-based sensors; soft robotic
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wearable electronics are transforming healthcare, human–machine interaction, soft robotics, and personalized sensing. At the core of this revolution are advanced fiber materials that enable mechanical compliance, electrical conductivity, energy conversion, and multifunctional integration within textiles and flexible platforms. Emerging fiber-based systems—including carbon nanotube yarns, graphene fibers, conductive polymers, piezoelectric fibers, and bioinspired artificial muscles—are enabling lightweight, stretchable, breathable, and conformable electronic systems.
Despite rapid progress, key challenges remain in scalability, durability, washability, biocompatibility, power autonomy, and seamless integration into garments. Advancing fiber materials with enhanced mechanical robustness and multifunctional performance is therefore critical for the next generation of wearable electronics.
This Special Issue aims to showcase recent advances in advanced fiber materials that enable sensing, actuation, energy harvesting, communication, and closed-loop wearable systems. The topic aligns closely with the journal’s scope in advanced functional materials, fiber-based technologies, and smart material systems.
The goal is to assemble a focused collection of high-quality research and review articles that highlight both fundamental material innovations and translational pathways toward scalable wearable technologies.
In this Special Issue, original research articles, communications, and review papers are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Carbon nanotube and graphene fibers for wearable electronics.
- Conductive polymer fibers and hybrid composite yarns.
- Piezoelectric and triboelectric fiber-based energy harvesters.
- Fiber-shaped batteries and supercapacitors.
- Fiber-based artificial muscles and soft robotic textiles.
- Smart textiles for healthcare monitoring.
- Washable and stretchable electronic fibers.
- Fiber-based antennas and communication systems.
- Multifunctional fiber systems integrating sensing and actuation.
- Scalable manufacturing of functional fibers.
- Biocompatible and biodegradable wearable fiber systems.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Javad Foroughi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- advanced fiber materials
- wearable electronics
- smart textiles
- artificial muscles
- carbon nanotube fibers
- graphene fibers
- piezoelectric fibers
- energy harvesting
- fiber-based sensors
- soft robotics
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