Towards conductive textiles: coating polymeric fibres with graphene

authors	Neves, AIS; Rodrigues, DP; De Sanctis, A; Alonso, ET; Pereira, MS; Amaral, VS; Melo, LV; Russo, S; de Schrijver, I; Alves, H; Craciun, MF
nationality	International
journal	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
keywords	CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; WEARABLE ELECTRONICS; MONOLAYER GRAPHENE; PLASMA TREATMENT; TRANSPARENT; ADHESION; DEVICES; SURFACE; GROWTH
abstract	Conducting fibres are essential to the development of e-textiles. We demonstrate a method to make common insulating textile fibres conductive, by coating them with graphene. The resulting fibres display sheet resistance values as low as 600 Omega sq(-1), demonstrating that the high conductivity of graphene is not lost when transferred to textile fibres. An extensive microscopic study of the surface of graphene-coated fibres is presented. We show that this method can be employed to textile fibres of different materials, sizes and shapes, and to different types of graphene. These graphene-based conductive fibres can be used as a platform to build integrated electronic devices directly in textiles.
publisher	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
issn	2045-2322
year published	2017
volume	7
digital object identifier (doi)	10.1038/s41598-017-04453-7
web of science category	Multidisciplinary Sciences
subject category	Science & Technology - Other Topics
unique article identifier	WOS:000404037400017