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Recent Progress of Textile‐Based Wearable Electronics: A Comprehensive Review of Materials, Devices, and Applications

Chung-Ang University · Sungkyunkwan University

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Abstract

Wearable electronics are emerging as a platform for next-generation, human-friendly, electronic devices. A new class of devices with various functionality and amenability for the human body is essential. These new conceptual devices are likely to be a set of various functional devices such as displays, sensors, batteries, etc., which have quite different working conditions, on or in the human body. In these aspects, electronic textiles seem to be a highly suitable possibility, due to the unique characteristics of textiles such as being light weight and flexible and their inherent warmth and the property to conform. Therefore, e-textiles have evolved into fiber-based electronic apparel or body attachable types…

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Keywords
  • Electronics
  • Textile
  • Wearable technology
  • Wearable computer
  • Computer science
  • Clothing
  • Electronic component
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