Electric components based on fibers or textiles have been investigated owing to their potential applications in wearable devices. High performance on response to gas, drape-ability and washing durability are of important for gas sensors based on fiber substrates. In this report, we demonstrate the bendable and washable electronic textile (e-textile) gas sensors composed of reduced graphene oxid...

In this paper, a textile-based sensing principle for long term photopletysmography (PPG) monitoring is presented. Optical fibers were embroidered into textiles such that out-coupling and in-coupling of light was possible. The "light-in light-out" properties of the textile enabled the spectroscopic characterization of human tissue. For the optimization of the textile sensor, three different carr...

A wide variety of everyday objects consist of textile fibers (clothes, wall paper, chairs). Their primary purpose is structural and aesthetic. Fibers can have added functions by the integration of computing power into the material that forms them. The purpose of the Fiber Computing project is to integrate this new dimension of functionality into fibers, thus turn everyday objects into artifacts...

In the recent era of development, global market for sportswear textile manufacturing industries has increased with increase in consumption active sportswear. The manufacturers not only focused on trends but also material diversification technology enhancement. performance characteristics directly influence comfort level and athletic during sports activities. Different types products require dif...

Carthamin from safflower petals has been used for centuries in Asia as a red colorant for dyes and cosmetics. Carthamin is unstable, however, both in hot, aqueous solutions, which causes difficulties in its analysis in textiles, and to light, which results in fading of dyed textiles. We have found, using HPLC and mass spectrometric analysis, that carthamin undergoes a reverse aldol condensation...

The unique physical and chemical characteristics of the plasma environment make it attractive for textile processing. Plasma is an ionized gas, i.e. it contains electrons, ions and neutral atoms and/or molecules. However, not all of the ionized gases used in textile processing will exhibit the properties associated with plasmas, mainly because of their low charge state densities compared to the...

In the last few years, an increase in interest has been given to the use of cellulose fibers as alternatives for conventional reinforcements in composites. The development of commercially viable environmentally friendly and healthy materials based on natural resources is on the rise. In this sense, cellulosic fibers as reinforcements for cement mortar composites constitute a very interesting op...