Advanced Textile Technology ›› 2023, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 1-12.DOI: 10.19398/j.att.202207026

• Invited Column: Wearable and Intelligent Textiles •     Next Articles

Research progress of electronic fabrics in the intelligent wearable field

YIN Yunleia,b, GUO Chenga, YANG Hongyinga,b, LI Honga, WANG Zhenga   

  1. a. College of Textiles; b. Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Textile Equipment Technology, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, China
  • Received:2022-07-12 Online:2023-01-10 Published:2023-01-17

电子织物在智能可穿戴领域的研究进展

尹云雷a,b, 郭成a, 杨红英a,b, 李虹a, 王政a   

  1. 中原工学院, a.纺织学院;b.先进纺织装备技术省部共建协同创新中心,郑州 450007
  • 作者简介:尹云雷(1981—),男,河南信阳人,讲师,博士,主要从事织物电子材料的结构与性能方面的研究。
  • 基金资助:
    先进纺织装备技术省部共建协同创新中心项目(410012310003),河南省高校教学名师团队项目(32500094)

Abstract: With the development of human society and the progress of science and technology, intelligent wearable devices have attracted more and more attention. Among various types of smart wearable devices, electronic fabrics that combine fabrics with electronics are expected to play an essential role in health monitoring, motion monitoring, intelligent medical treatment, and human-computer interaction.
At present, the application of intelligent wearable devices is becoming increasingly critical in People's daily life. Intelligent wearable devices are gradually developing towards flexibility and miniaturization to meet the characteristics of flexibility, lightweight, and effortless skin fitting. Textiles are one of the ideal choices for intelligent wearables because of their excellent flexibility, lightweight, and air permeability.
Fabric sensors have excellent flexibility, air permeability, human body fit, and other characteristics and can be easily integrated with clothing. They have been widely used in sports monitoring, health monitoring, and intelligent medical treatment. In addition, fiber-shaped light-emitting electronic devices can be seamlessly integrated with textiles, allowing textile display, sensing, and camouflage applications. Moreover, luminous electronic fabrics play a vital role in transportation, security, anti-counterfeiting, clothing, and aviation. As the application of intelligent wearable electronic devices continues to expand, in order to ensure the sustainable operation of smart wearable electronic devices, it is essential to develop reliable, intelligent wearable power systems and energy management devices.
Flexibility and comfort based on fabric are essential for intelligent wearable devices. Electronic fabrics can inherit the advantages of light weight, flexibility, air permeability, and a certain degree of ductility of traditional fabrics while having electronic functions. Currently, fabric electronic devices have been widely studied and used in sensing, luminescence, energy conversion, and energy storage. With further development, electronic fabrics may be combined with a variety of smart wearable devices in the future, bringing us a more intelligent life.
As a new type of intelligent textile, electronic fabrics have excellent potential in the intelligent wearable field. In the future, electronic fabrics with unique structures and various functions are expected to be integrated into people's lives, which can not only meet the needs of daily wear but also serve the emerging fields of personalized health monitoring, motion monitoring, intelligent medical treatment, and human-computer interaction. Although electronic fabrics have made significant achievements in intelligent wearables, the performance, large-scale manufacturing, and unified technical testing standards of electronic fabrics are still the challenges facing the research and application of electronic fabrics in the field of intelligent wearables. Therefore, it is necessary to improve other electronic fabrics' design, function, and performance, so as to accelerate the further development of electronic fabrics in the field of intelligent wearables.

Key words: intelligent wearables, sensors, light-emitting electronics, energy conversion and storage, smart healthcare

摘要: 随着人类社会的发展和科学技术的进步,智能可穿戴设备越来越受到关注。在各种类型的智能可穿戴设备中,将织物与电子器件相结合的电子织物有望在健康监测、运动监测、智能医疗和人机交互中发挥重要作用。本文旨在回顾电子织物在智能可穿戴领域的最新进展,从而为今后的工作提供全面的指导参考。重点讨论了电子织物在传感,发光,能量收集和能量存储中的趋势和最新进展。并提出了电子织物在智能可穿戴领域的未来发展方向。

关键词: 智能可穿戴, 传感器, 发光电子, 能量转换与存储, 智能医疗

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