SWIFT: Smart Wearable Intelligent Fibre-based Technology

SWIFT：智能可穿戴智能光纤技术

基本信息

批准号：
EP/P02534X/2
负责人：
Felice Torrisi
金额：
$ 2.3万
依托单位：
Imperial College London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FP02534X%2F2
关键词：
SWIFT Smart Wearable Intelligent Fibre

项目摘要

Technology and our economy in general, usually advance either by incremental steps (e.g. scaling the size and number of transistors on a chip) or by quantum leaps (transition from vacuum tubes to semiconductor technologies). Disruptive technologies behind such revolutions are usually underpinned by new form of materials with dramatic, orders of magnitude improvements in applications, which change many aspects of our life simultaneously, penetrating every corner of our existence.Wearable technologies present a market opportunity in excess of $53 billion [Soreon '15] in RCUK priority areas such as healthcare, wellbeing and Internet of Things (IoT). Current wearable technologies rely on rigid electronic components mounted on flexible materials such as plastic films. These offer limited compatibility with the skin in many circumstances, suffer washing and are uncomfortable to wear because they are not breathable.Turning fibres into functional electronic components can address these problems. Work is already underway to have synthetic fibres with electronic functionality. However, issues such as breathability, washability and comfort still remain, as these are properties associated with natural materials.This project will enable natural fibres such as cotton and wool to show basic electronic functions such as conductivity and light emission. SWIFT will demonstrate the potential of this approach, create impact and raise awareness. Further work would lead to greater functionality: i.e. sensing.SWIFT aims to demonstrate new cotton-based optoelectronic fibre components that offer breathability, washability and compatibility with the skin. The project will exploit existing nanomaterials, functional organic materials and polymer composite technology together with the know-how on nanotechnology existing in Cambridge to develop conductive and light-emitting cotton/cellulose fibres that could be woven to make fibre-based, stretchable conductive and light-emitting fabrics for future textile-based wearable displays, sensors or smart patches with potential applications in healthcare, wellbeing, IoT, lighting, sensing.

一般而言，技术和我们的经济通常是通过增量步骤（例如，在芯片上扩展晶体管的大小和数量）或量子飞跃（从真空管到半导体技术的过渡）前进。这种革命背后的破坏性技术通常受到新形式的材料的基础，这些材料具有巨大的，申请的数量级改善，这些材料同时改变了我们生活的许多方面，渗透了我们生存的每个角落。 [Soreon '15]在RCUK优先领域，例如医疗保健，福祉和物联网（IoT）。当前的可穿戴技术依赖于安装在柔性材料（例如塑料膜）上的刚性电子组件。在许多情况下，它们提供了与皮肤的有限兼容性，遭受洗涤，并且由于不透气而感到不舒服。将纤维转变为功能性电子组件可以解决这些问题。工作已经开始具有具有电子功能的合成纤维。但是，透气性，可洗性和舒适性等问题仍然存在，因为这些特性与天然材料相关。该项目将使棉花和羊毛等天然纤维能够显示出基本的电子功能，例如电导率和光发射。斯威夫特将展示这种方法的潜力，创造影响并提高认识。进一步的工作将导致更大的功能：即传感。Swift旨在展示新的基于棉花的光电纤维组件，可提供与皮肤的透气性，可洗性和兼容性。该项目将利用现有的纳米材料，功能性有机材料和聚合物复合技术，以及剑桥存在的纳米技术的专业知识，以开发可编织的导电和发光的棉/纤维素纤维，以制作基于光纤的，可伸展的导电和光线，光线和光线 - 发射织物，用于未来基于纺织的可穿戴显示器，传感器或智能补丁，并具有潜在的医疗保健，福利，物联网，照明，感应中的应用程序。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（10）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Challenges and opportunities in free-standing supercapacitors research

DOI：
10.1063/5.0123453
发表时间：
2022-11
期刊：
APL Materials
影响因子：
6.1
作者：
K. G. Latham;A. A. Edathil-A.;B. Rezaei;Sihui Liu;S. Nguyen;S. Keller;F. Torrisi;E. Greenhalgh
通讯作者：
K. G. Latham;A. A. Edathil-A.;B. Rezaei;Sihui Liu;S. Nguyen;S. Keller;F. Torrisi;E. Greenhalgh

Graphene production by cracking.

DOI：
10.1098/rsta.2020.0293
发表时间：
2021-08-09
期刊：
Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
影响因子：
0
作者：
Bohm S;Ingle A;Bohm HLM;Fenech-Salerno B;Wu S;Torrisi F
通讯作者：
Torrisi F

Conducting materials as building blocks for electronic textiles.