Intelligent Textile and Wearable Sensors: Research and Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 May 2026 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sensors; soft electronics; bioelectronics; biomedical; stretchable electronics; printed electronics; electrophysiology; conductive inks; electronics materials; digital fabrication; wearables
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Textiles are rapidly evolving into intelligent platforms for sensing. Advances in conductive fibers/yarns, printed and embroidered electronics, flexible/soft transducers, and on-garment computing have facilitated the development of garments that unobtrusively measure mechanical, thermal, chemical, and electrophysiological signals. Such systems show promise in creating impact across healthcare and rehabilitation, sports performance, occupational safety, and human–machine interaction.
This Special Issue, “Intelligent Textile and Wearable Sensors: Research and Applications,” invites contributions across the full sensing pipeline: novel materials and transduction mechanisms; scalable fabrication (weaving, knitting, printing, coating, embroidery); system integration with power management, energy harvesting, and low-power wireless technology; signal conditioning, calibration, and multimodal data fusion; and field studies that address washability, durability, comfort, and user acceptance. Works leveraging machine learning and edge/IoT architectures for real-time inference are welcome, as are open datasets, benchmarks, and reviews.
The topic fits squarely within the scope of Sensors: it advances the design, characterization, and application of sensors and sensor networks, from device physics to end-to-end systems. Submissions that clarify performance metrics, reliability, and standards for e-textiles and demonstrate validated deployments in real environments will help move the field from prototypes toward scalable, responsible adoption. Interdisciplinary studies that connect materials, electronics, textiles, and human factors—including ethics and data privacy—are especially encouraged.
Dr. Manuel Reis Carneiro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- e-textiles
- wearable sensors
- smart garments
- flexible/stretchable/soft electronics
- conductive fibers and yarns
- physiological monitoring
- energy harvesting and power management
- low-power wireless technology (BLE/NFC/LoRa)
- edge AI and multimodal data fusion
- calibration, washability and reliability
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