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Research progress of electronic fabrics in the intelligent wearable field
YIN Yunlei, GUO Cheng, YANG Hongying, LI Hong, WANG Zheng
Advanced Textile Technology
2023, 31 (1 ):
1-12.
DOI: 10.19398/j.att.202207026
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.
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