Polymer-Based Smart Textiles: Synthesis, Characterization and Application II

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to launch the second edition of this Special Issue of the journal Polymers, “Polymer-Based Smart Textiles: Synthesis, Characterization and Application II”.

The ever-growing demand for portable and wearable electronics has driven considerable interest in smart textiles. In terms of their characteristics of flexibility, washability, and durability, smart textiles are excellent candidates to deliver electronic functions, such as sensing, healthcare monitoring, radio frequency identification, and energy harvesting, to each part of the human body via the integration of electronic devices into textiles. Smart textile sources are abundant and have a range of material types and manufacturing methods—from functional polymers/inks to fibers/yarn/fabric-like structures, and from traditional approaches to one-step coating and printing technology. Innovation solutions are necessary to ensure that smart textiles achieve electrical stability in environmental conditions and have enough durability against mechanical forces. In recent years, the number of publications related to smart textiles has increased, suggesting the importance and impact of smart textiles in the flexible electronics field. 

This Special Issue aims to gather high-quality original research works and specialized review articles on the synthesis, characterization, and application of polymeric textiles to provide comprehensive coverage of this dynamic interdisciplinary field.

Dr. Jiyong Hu
Dr. Hong Hong
Guest Editors

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• textronics
• energy harvesting
• smart textile material
• textile computation
• interactive textiles
• structure
• manufacturing
• aging
• measurement
• polymer technology