Smart Electronic Textiles

Wei Weng; Peining Chen; Sisi He; Xuemei Sun; Huisheng Peng

doi:10.1002/anie.201507333

Smart Electronic Textiles

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 May 17;55(21):6140-69. doi: 10.1002/anie.201507333. Epub 2016 Mar 23.

Authors

Wei Weng¹, Peining Chen¹, Sisi He¹, Xuemei Sun², Huisheng Peng^{3

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Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Collaborative Innovation Center of Polymers and Polymer Composite Materials, Department of Macromolecular Science, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Collaborative Innovation Center of Polymers and Polymer Composite Materials, Department of Macromolecular Science, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China. [email protected].
³ State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Collaborative Innovation Center of Polymers and Polymer Composite Materials, Department of Macromolecular Science, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China. [email protected].
⁴ State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China. [email protected].

PMID: 27005410
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507333

Abstract

This Review describes the state-of-the-art of wearable electronics (smart textiles). The unique and promising advantages of smart electronic textiles are highlighted by comparing them with the conventional planar counterparts. The main kinds of smart electronic textiles based on different functionalities, namely the generation, storage, and utilization of electricity, are then discussed with an emphasis on the use of functional materials. The remaining challenges are summarized together with important new directions to provide some useful clues for the future development of smart electronic textiles.

Keywords: electricity; energy conversation; energy storage; sensors; smart textiles.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't