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Design and Development of Polyaniline-coated Fabric Strain Sensor for Goniome...Editor IJCATR
In the last few years, the smart textile area has become increasingly widespread, leading to developments in new wearable
sensing systems. As conventional sensor techniques often cause problems for long term patient monitoring (e.g. skin irritation,
hampering wires), elegant solutions are explored to integrate sensors in clothing. By using the textile material itself as a sensor, the
integration is increased resulting in even more patient friendliness.
In this paper, a flexible fabric strain sensor with high sensitivity, good stability and large deformation is reported. It is
fabricated by in-situ polymerization of polyaniline on the fabric substrate at low temperature. Thickness and morphology of the
conducting thin film on the surface of the fibers were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The resistivity of the PANi
coated fabric was measured using standard two probe apparatus.
The measurement of the conductivity change with strain shows that the fabrics so prepared exhibits a high strain sensitivity
while its good stability is indicated by a small loss of conductivity after the thermal and humidity aging tests, and supported by the
slight change in conductivity over storage of 90 days. The developed flexible strain sensor can be used in the preparation of smart
garment for goniometry applications.
Design and Development of Polyaniline-coated Fabric Strain Sensor for Goniome...Editor IJCATR
In the last few years, the smart textile area has become increasingly widespread, leading to developments in new wearable
sensing systems. As conventional sensor techniques often cause problems for long term patient monitoring (e.g. skin irritation,
hampering wires), elegant solutions are explored to integrate sensors in clothing. By using the textile material itself as a sensor, the
integration is increased resulting in even more patient friendliness.
In this paper, a flexible fabric strain sensor with high sensitivity, good stability and large deformation is reported. It is
fabricated by in-situ polymerization of polyaniline on the fabric substrate at low temperature. Thickness and morphology of the
conducting thin film on the surface of the fibers were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The resistivity of the PANi
coated fabric was measured using standard two probe apparatus.
The measurement of the conductivity change with strain shows that the fabrics so prepared exhibits a high strain sensitivity
while its good stability is indicated by a small loss of conductivity after the thermal and humidity aging tests, and supported by the
slight change in conductivity over storage of 90 days. The developed flexible strain sensor can be used in the preparation of smart
garment for goniometry applications.
Nano technology in textiles. seminar. pptxBademaw Abate
The application of nanotechnology in textiles is growing so fast. The main difference b/n nano finishing and conventional finishing is durability, comfort and breath-ability enhancement in nano finishes.
Electrical properties of textile fiber NazmulAhshan
Textile materials have the inherent ability to store electric charges. “Electrifiability” means the ability
of a clothing to generate and retain an electrostatic field of significant strength for a relative long time.
The interest for investigation of the electrical properties of the fibres was generated with the use of
fibres as insulating materials. Later, the resistance and capacity methods were used in instruments to
determine the moisture content and the irregularity of the fiber assemblies. Applications of conductive
textiles are more and more numerous in technical areas and cater to functions such as heating,
conduction, or EMI shielding, prevention of static charges build-up.
Most of the textile and plastic materials are electrical insulators. They accumulate electrostatic charge,
which causes problems such as severe shock, fire, dust accumulation, etc. during processing. The
electrical conductivity is required to dissipate the charges and use of fibres blended with conductive
type of fibres prevents such risk. Low and limiting electrical conduction is required in many practical
applications such as electromagnetic shielding, electrostatic elimination, conveyor belts, aviation/space
suits, dry filtration, carpets etc. For this purpose, various products having reasonably good electrical
conductivity are required. This can be obtained by incorporating metal fillers or coating with some agent.
The textile materials being flexible and easily workable are the most preferred one in such cases.
A Short Review of Textile Applications in Antenna Design| Trends in Textile E...CrimsonpublishersTTEFT
A Short Review of Textile Applications in Antenna Design by Bin Xu in Textile Science Engineering Journal
This review briefly introduces the motivation of applying e-textiles to antenna design and some examples of textile antenna. The objective is to help textile engineers gain insight of desired e-textile properties for antenna design and provide assistance in the development of new textiles to improve antenna performance.
Electrical and Electronic Properties of Fiberstheijes
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
The papers for publication in The International Journal of Engineering& Science are selected through rigorous peer reviews to ensure originality, timeliness, relevance, and readability.
E-Textiles for Screening Respiratory Disorders along with Temperature MonitoringIJERA Editor
This paper presents a branch of research where e-textiles is used for bio monitoring. This set-up is used for
screening sleep apnea and to alert physicians when there is a case of Hyperthermia. This proposal is to monitor
patients with respiratory disorders or diseases/disorders whose symptoms manifest as respiratory abnormalities
and abnormal temperature, and make it available to the doctor by plotting the values in MATLAB. Conventional
techniques used for screening and monitoring respiratory abnormalities include devices like cannula, nasal strips
etc., which are grueling and strenuous, adding to the patients’ suffering. The connection of this cutting edge
electronics field with textiles will ultimately enable both the study of deviations in the breathing rate and
temperature
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Nano technology in textiles. seminar. pptxBademaw Abate
The application of nanotechnology in textiles is growing so fast. The main difference b/n nano finishing and conventional finishing is durability, comfort and breath-ability enhancement in nano finishes.
Electrical properties of textile fiber NazmulAhshan
Textile materials have the inherent ability to store electric charges. “Electrifiability” means the ability
of a clothing to generate and retain an electrostatic field of significant strength for a relative long time.
The interest for investigation of the electrical properties of the fibres was generated with the use of
fibres as insulating materials. Later, the resistance and capacity methods were used in instruments to
determine the moisture content and the irregularity of the fiber assemblies. Applications of conductive
textiles are more and more numerous in technical areas and cater to functions such as heating,
conduction, or EMI shielding, prevention of static charges build-up.
Most of the textile and plastic materials are electrical insulators. They accumulate electrostatic charge,
which causes problems such as severe shock, fire, dust accumulation, etc. during processing. The
electrical conductivity is required to dissipate the charges and use of fibres blended with conductive
type of fibres prevents such risk. Low and limiting electrical conduction is required in many practical
applications such as electromagnetic shielding, electrostatic elimination, conveyor belts, aviation/space
suits, dry filtration, carpets etc. For this purpose, various products having reasonably good electrical
conductivity are required. This can be obtained by incorporating metal fillers or coating with some agent.
The textile materials being flexible and easily workable are the most preferred one in such cases.
A Short Review of Textile Applications in Antenna Design| Trends in Textile E...CrimsonpublishersTTEFT
A Short Review of Textile Applications in Antenna Design by Bin Xu in Textile Science Engineering Journal
This review briefly introduces the motivation of applying e-textiles to antenna design and some examples of textile antenna. The objective is to help textile engineers gain insight of desired e-textile properties for antenna design and provide assistance in the development of new textiles to improve antenna performance.
Electrical and Electronic Properties of Fiberstheijes
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
The papers for publication in The International Journal of Engineering& Science are selected through rigorous peer reviews to ensure originality, timeliness, relevance, and readability.
E-Textiles for Screening Respiratory Disorders along with Temperature MonitoringIJERA Editor
This paper presents a branch of research where e-textiles is used for bio monitoring. This set-up is used for
screening sleep apnea and to alert physicians when there is a case of Hyperthermia. This proposal is to monitor
patients with respiratory disorders or diseases/disorders whose symptoms manifest as respiratory abnormalities
and abnormal temperature, and make it available to the doctor by plotting the values in MATLAB. Conventional
techniques used for screening and monitoring respiratory abnormalities include devices like cannula, nasal strips
etc., which are grueling and strenuous, adding to the patients’ suffering. The connection of this cutting edge
electronics field with textiles will ultimately enable both the study of deviations in the breathing rate and
temperature
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
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PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
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- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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Different methods used in testing of intelligent fabric.pptx
1. Presented by Aryadip Dey
University roll no.-11001420029
Stream- Textile Technology,5th Sem
Govt. College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Serampore
2. Intelligent textiles represent the next generation of fibers, fabrics and products made
from them. In the last decade, research and development in smart/intelligent materials
and structures have led to the birth of a wide range of novel smart products in
aerospace, transportation, telecommunications, homes, buildings and infrastructures.
New methods of testing and evaluation procedures for testing intelligent and smart
fabrics are becoming extremely important in the industry as the future lies in these
textiles.
Today’s textile industry is in the transition zone between a traditional textile production
and the realization of highly focused design and production of added value textiles.
The innovative field of smart and intelligent textiles is becoming increasingly popular
and commercially successful because it combines product use with new material
properties.
Intelligent textiles represent the next generation of fibers, fabrics and products made
from them. They can be described as textile materials that think for themselves. This
means that they may keep us cool in hot environments or warm in cold conditions.
3. Apart from the clothing sector, they are gaining popularity in various other fields, such as
biomedical materials, electronics, the automobile industry, protective clothing, etc.
They provide ample evidence of the potential and enormous wealth of opportunities still to
be realized in the textile industry, in the fashion and clothing sector, as well as in the
technical textiles sector.
With revolutionary advancements occurring at an unprecedented rate in science and
electronics, the possibilities offered by wearable technologies are tremendous.
As the technologies become more refined so that complex systems can be embedded
unobtrusively in everyday clothing they will soon be more and more commonplace in
commercial products.
Working closely with the clothing industry will develop the base that is needed to offer
developments in intelligent clothing with huge commercial potential at minimum risk. At a
later stage of development, this is likely to create more solid product assortments. Those
experienced in the industry expect that technologies in smart clothing will be launched in
the market within the next five to ten years.
4. Hence there exists an absolute
necessity to understand these new
fabrics and their technologies.
Testing of fabrics hitherto limited to
traditional fabrics, such as apparel,
home furnishings and some varieties
of technical textiles, may not help in
the long run in understanding the
properties of these new fabrics. New
methods of testing and evaluation
procedures for testing intelligent and
smart fabrics are becoming
extremely important in the industry as
the future lies in these textiles.
Fig:-Intelligent fabric in healthcare
5. The development of permanent self-cleaning cotton textiles with a life cycle of 25–50
washings or more is an objective sought by the textile industry in which can break
down dirt molecules, pollutants and microorganisms when exposed to visible and UV
light. Clothes made using this method could be cleaned by simply exposing them to
sunlight.
The self-cleaning fabrics work using the photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide, a
compound used in many new nanotechnology solar cell applications.
The fabric is coated with a thin layer of titanium dioxide particles that measure only 20
nanometres in diameter. When this semi-conductive layer is exposed to light, photons
with energy equal to or greater than the band gap of the titanium dioxide excites
electrons up to the conduction band.
The excited electrons within the crystal structure react with oxygen atoms in the air,
creating free-radical oxygen. These oxygen atoms are powerful oxidizing agents,
which can break down most carbon-based compounds through oxidation–reduction
reactions.
6. In these reactions, the organic compounds (i.e., dirt, body odour, smoking
odour, etc., bacteria, colour stains, harmful organic materials such as
formaldehyde, other carbon-based molecules, pollutants and micro-
organisms) are broken down into substances such as carbon dioxide and
water. Since the titanium dioxide only acts as a catalyst to the reactions, it is
never used up. This allows the coating to continue breaking down stains over
and over.
As the technology of self-cleaning is relatively new and not yet well
established among researchers, the test methods for testing these fabrics are
not yet standardized. The researchers who have been developing these
fabrics adapted their own techniques to analyze the effectiveness of the
coatings and self-cleaning capability of the fabrics.
7. Test for static bactericidal activities- One of the important tests that is
carried out for assessing the self-cleaning ability is the testing for static
bacterial activities.
Test for decomposition activities of colorant stains- The decomposition
activities of colorant stains are assessed by analyzing the decrease in
concentration of the colorants during exposure to UV irradiation.
Test for degradation activities of colored stains- This test may be carried
out to assess the effectiveness of removal of colored stains on the fabric.
Test for tearing strength- The tearing strengths of pristine woven cotton and
titania coated cotton before and after 20 h of light irradiation may be
measured by an Elmendorf Tearing Tester (Thwing-Albert Instrument Co.) in
accordance with ASTM D1424-96.
8. Electronic textiles combine the strengths and capabilities of electronics and textiles. E-
textiles, also called smart fabrics, have not only ‘wearable’ capabilities like any other
garment, but also local monitoring and computation, as well as wireless
communication capabilities.
Sensors and simple computational elements are embedded in e-textiles with the goal
of gathering sensitive information, monitoring vital statistics and sending them
remotely (possibly over a wireless channel) for further processing.
Possible applications include medical (infant or patient) monitoring, personal
information processing systems, and remote monitoring of deployed personnel in
military or space applications.
9. Conductive fabrics are gaining popularity amongst electronic textiles. In general, two
main methods are followed for rendering a textile material electrically conductive: (a)
by applying a conductive coating on the surface of a non-conductive textile after it is
formed, or (b) by incorporating conductive fibers (e.g. via interweaving or embroidery)
into the textile structure.
In order to evaluate the electrical and electronic response of conductive fabrics,
Kirstein et al. (2002) measured the high-frequency properties of conductive fabrics to
predict the electrical properties of different textiles and to optimize the fabrics and the
signal line configurations. They analysed a plain-woven fabric with copper filaments.
The electrical characterization was performed by measuring material properties such
as dielectric permittivity, transmission line configuration and impedance measurement.
To investigate the frequency characteristics of textile transmission lines they
measured the transmission properties with a vector network analyser (VNA) up to 6
GHz.
10. Transmission line configuration- This transmission line configuration is similar to
conventional coplanar waveguides (CPW) on printed wire boards.
Impedance measurement- This parameter is used to investigate the characteristic
impedance of the textile transmission lines. It is expected that the textile geometric
variations influence the impedance.
Frequency characterization- In order to determine the bandwidth of textile
transmission lines, the frequency characteristics of textile transmission lines are
investigated and transmission properties with a network analyzer working at up to 6
GHz are measured. The extracted frequency characteristics reveal information such
as dielectric and ohmic losses and the line insertion losses.
Digital signal transmission- Testing of digital signal transmission with a line length of
20 cm and a clock signal with a frequency of 100 MHz may be carried out to
understand the resource signal integrity of different line configurations. The more
signal lines, the better the signal integrity, but the more energy is needed for
transmitting the signal.
11. Materials with the unique property of reverting to their original, permanent shape from
a fixed temporary shape only upon being triggered by an external stimulus are
classified as demonstrating the shape memory effect. Fabrics treated with these
materials can be called shape memory fabrics.
Shape memory fabrics can recover their original shape based on the use of shape
memory polymers (SMPs) under certain conditions (temperature variation). This
phenomenon can be called thermal elastic finishing or shape memory finishing,
because the fabric can recover its original shape (elasticity) at higher temperature
(thermal energy triggering), which leads to the shape memory effect.
Lendlein and Kelch (2002) pointed out that the shape memory effect was not related
to a specific material property of single polymers; it rather resulted from a combination
of the polymer structure and the polymer morphology together with the applied
processing and programming technology.
12. An objective evaluation of
wrinkles can be carried out by
the AATCC test method 66-
1998, ‘Wrinkle Recovery of
Woven Fabrics: Recovery
Angle’.
A subjective grading of
wrinkles can be referenced
from the AATCC test method
124-2001, ‘Appearance of
Fabrics after Repeated Home
Laundering’.
Crease retention can be also
subjectively graded by the
AATCC test method 88C-
2001, ‘Retention of Crease in
Fabrics after Repeated Home
Laundering’.
Fig:-Accessories for the AATCC
test method 66-1998.
Fig:-Accessories for the AATCC
test method 124-2001
Fig:-Accessories for the
AATCC test method 88C-
2001.
13. Intelligent fabrics will undoubtedly feature strongly in textile developments over the next decade
and look set to become more and more part of everyday life. They represent a variety of
different types of fabrics and garments incorporating specially constructed polymers, electronic
devices or even some types of colorants.
As a result, research and product developments have been carried out by multinational
companies and leading academic institutes.
Testing the various characteristics of these fabrics becomes an important aspect of everyone
concerned in the field.
This demands a totally new approach for testing and evaluation of these fabrics, to include
testing several properties, not just one. Such an integrated approach would greatly help in
understanding these new materials in order to increase their scope of application. In this
direction, all the research groups should work in conjunction to set up new standards and test
methods to assess the performance of these new products which are going to significantly
influence our everyday lives.
14. Fabric testing (Edited by Jinlian HU) Woodhead Publishing ISBN 978-1-84569-506-4 (e-book)
https://www.dr-hempel-network.com/digital-health-technolgy/smart-textiles-in-healthcare/