Smart Electronic Textiles

2016/03/23 by Wei Weng, Peining Chen, Sisi He +2 · 1 citation
Engineering · Materials Science · #Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies #Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials #Conducting polymers and applications

paper · doi:10.1002/anie.201507333

openalex publication_date 2016/03/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

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.

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