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The quest for a close human interaction with electronic devices for healthcare, safety, energy and security has driven giant leaps in portable and wearable technologies in recent years. Electronic textiles (e-textiles) are emerging as key enablers of wearable devices. Unlike conventional heavy, rigid, and hard-to-wear gadgets, e-textiles can lead to lightweight, flexible, soft, and breathable devices, which can be worn like everyday clothes. A new generation of fibre-based electronics is emerging which can be made into wearable e-textiles. A suite of start-of-the-art functional materials have been used to develop novel fibre-based devices (FBDs), which have shown excellent potential in creating wearable e-textiles. Recent research in this area has led to the development of fibre-based electronic, optoelectronic, energy harvesting, energy storage, and sensing devices, which have also been integrated into multifunctional e-textile systems. Here we review the key technological advancements in FBDs and provide an updated critical evaluation of the status of the research in this field. Focusing on various aspects of materials development, device fabrication, fibre processing, textile integration, and scaled-up manufacturing we discuss current limitations and present an outlook on how to address the future development of this field. The critical analysis of key challenges and existing opportunities in fibre electronics aims to define a roadmap for future applications in this area.
Author(s): Seyedin S, Carey T, Arbab A, Eskandarian L, Bohm S, Kim JM, Torrisi F
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Nanoscale
Year: 2021
Volume: 13
Issue: 30
Pages: 12818-12847
Print publication date: 14/08/2021
Online publication date: 12/07/2021
Acceptance date: 12/07/2021
Date deposited: 03/08/2021
ISSN (print): 2040-3364
ISSN (electronic): 2040-3372
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
URL: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NR02061G
DOI: 10.1039/D1NR02061G
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