New electronic fabrics will be integrated into our lives

According to foreign media Science Daily and CINNO Research, an international team of scientists led by the University of Cambridge has recently developed a smart textile display based entirely on the weaving process, which is the first smart fabric in the field based on the traditional textile industry. . It integrates active electronics, sensing devices, energy harvesting and photonic functional modules. And these modules are embedded directly into fabrics made using proven processes in the textile industry.

Until now, smart fabrics have been limited by product function, size and shape. To solve the problem of incompatibility between technology and weaving process, the researchers of this project made a layer on each fiber component that can withstand enough tension Extensible materials and using conductive adhesives and laser welding techniques to join multiple fiber optic assemblies together can not only be woven into any desired shape, but also improve overall reliability and durability.

Assembling various functional modules in a large-scale smart fabric can not only be used as a display, monitoring, but also detect radio frequency, touch, light and temperature signals. Showcase your skills in smart and energy-efficient buildings that can generate and store their own energy, IOT, distributed sensor networks, and interactive displays. Smart fabrics built on the fusion of micro-nanotechnology, displays, sensors, energy technologies and existing textile manufacturing processes are an important step towards portable electronic fibers and e-textiles that enable fiber-based electronics, photonics, sensing and Energy Functionality, which designs and manufactures everyday objects such as curtains that double as TVs, energy-harvesting carpets, and interactive, self-powered clothing, enabling a whole new category of smart devices and systems.

The researchers will also look at integrating some sustainable materials into fibers to provide a new type of energy textile system, and they say these flexible and functional smart fabrics could eventually be made into batteries, super capacitors, solar panels and other devices that could be integrated into our daily life. In the current development of digital technology, we should pay full attention to the application scenario research of textile electronic systems. It is believed that in the near future, smart textiles will be fully integrated into our lives.