Flexible non-metallic electro-conductive textiles

This issue of Textile Progress reviews research carried out on electrically conducting polymers, fibres and fabrics prepared by in situ chemical, electrochemical and vapour-phase polymerisation. It provides information about various inherently conducting polymers prepared from aniline, pyrrole, thio...

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Published in:Textile progress 2017-01, Vol.49 (1), p.1-52
Main Authors: Maiti, Syamal, Das, Dipayan, Sen, Kushal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aniline
chemical polymerisation
Conducting polymers
Derivatives
electrical conductivity
electro-conductive textiles
electrochemical polymerisation
EMI shielding
Fabrics
Heating
heating pads
in situ polymerisation
Inherently conducting polymers
PANI
Polymerization
Polymers
PPy
Pth
Pyrroles
Scanning electron microscopy
sensors and actuators
Textiles
vapour-phase polymerisation
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Summary:This issue of Textile Progress reviews research carried out on electrically conducting polymers, fibres and fabrics prepared by in situ chemical, electrochemical and vapour-phase polymerisation. It provides information about various inherently conducting polymers prepared from aniline, pyrrole, thiophene and their derivatives that are often used to prepare flexible non-metallic electro-conductive textiles. Several methods for the characterisation of electro-conductive fabrics are included, namely scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, elemental disruptive X-ray analysis and Fourier transmission infrared spectroscopy. The role of the polymerisation process in determining the electrical properties of electro-conductive textiles is examined. The review highlights applications of flexible non-metallic conductive textiles in electro-magnetic shielding materials, heating pads, sensors and actuators.
ISSN:0040-5167
1754-2278
DOI:10.1080/00405167.2017.1278875