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Towards seamlessly-integrated textile electronics: methods to coat fabrics and fibers with conducting polymers for electronic applications.

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Abstract
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Traditional textile materials can be transformed into functional electronic components upon being dyed or coated with films of intrinsically conducting polymers, such as poly(aniline), poly(pyrrole) and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene). A variety of textile electronic devices are built from the conductive fibers and fabrics thus obtained, including: physiochemical sensors, thermoelectric fibers/fabrics, heated garments, artificial muscles and textile supercapacitors. In all these cases, electrical performance and device ruggedness is determined by the morphology of the conducting polymer active layer on the fiber or fabric substrate. Tremendous variation in active layer morphology can be observed with different coating or dyeing conditions. Here, we summarize various methods used to create fiber- and fabric-based devices and highlight the influence of the coating method on active layer morphology and device stability.

Year of Publication
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2017
Journal
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Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Volume
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53
Issue
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53
Number of Pages
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7182-7193
Date Published
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2017
ISSN Number
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1359-7345
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cc02592k
DOI
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10.1039/c7cc02592k
Short Title
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Chem Commun (Camb)
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