Background

Conductive fibres coated with dielectric rubber form a pressure sensor that can be woven into textiles. The abstract describes glove and clothing demonstrations for wireless control.

What the study found

Conductive fibres coated with dielectric rubber form a flexible textile pressure sensor, demonstrated in woven gloves and clothing for wireless controls.

The fibres serve as pressure-sensing elements in a weavable structure. Assessing the abstract’s claims of superiority would require the detailed comparison conditions.

Questions and limits

A question for further study is how crossing-point friction, washing and tensile strain affect the pressure signal.

How to compare the results

Compare loading range, fibre-crossing geometry, dielectric thickness, readout circuit, and tensile strain.

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The related paper’s abstract uses silver-particle/SBS fibre mats to form conductive circuits. Here, coated fibres themselves act as pressure-sensing elements.

Mat conductivity and pressure sensitivity measure different aspects of performance.

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DOI: 10.1002/adma.201500009