Textile Sensors and Conductive Polymers
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2020) | Viewed by 7286
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Interests: materials chemistry; analytical chemistry; electrochemistry; organic transistors; nanostructured materials; electrochemical sensors
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Interests: material chemistry; electrochemistry; organic electrochemical transistors; electrochemical sensors; conducting polymers; electrocatalysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Textile sensors are an emerging research topic that foresees fascinating applications in health, sport, automotive, and aerospace. In particular, textile sensors which measure temperature, biopotential, motion, as well as biological or chemical signals are an enabling technology for non-invasive point-of-care devices and for the fabrication of textile platforms that intelligently respond to external stimuli. Since conductive polymers combine some of the mechanical features of plastics, especially light-weight and flexibility, with the electrical conductivity of semiconductors, they play a key role in the development of devices with a wear-and-forget functionality. The most attractive conductive polymers are polyaniline (PANI), polypyrrole (PPy), and the polythiophene derivative poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), which may be combined with nanomaterials or biorecognition elements and transducers to achieve the desired sensing functionality.
In this Special Issue, we welcome research papers and reviews focusing on polymer-based textile sensors to show the state-of-the-art, highlighting the newest developments in sensor architecture and materials design, as well as cutting-edge technological strategies for their use in real-life applications. In this view, we would like to discuss the challenges that their development should face. Durability, long-term biocompatibility, washability, and reusability are major issues that should be addressed before commercialization in order to achieve a real impact on everyday life.
Dr. Isacco Gualandi
Dr. Erika Scavetta
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- conductive polymers
- textile sensors
- wearable sensors
- smart textiles
- PEDOT:PSS
- polyaniline
- polypyrrole
- organic bio-electronics
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