Large-scale production of highly responsive, stretchable, and conductive wrapped yarns for wearable strain sensors

Stretchable conductive yarns have received crucial attention in the direction of wearable electronics. Integration of ordinary yarns with conductive phase endows additional functions such as strain sensing. Herein, highly responsive, stretchable, conductive wrapped yarns with different wrapping dens...

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Main Authors: Wang Linyu, Mao Lei, Wei Wei, Kong Lanlan, Zong Kuikui, Xia Chenying
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/epoly-2024-0091
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Wei Wei
Kong Lanlan
Zong Kuikui
Xia Chenying
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description Stretchable conductive yarns have received crucial attention in the direction of wearable electronics. Integration of ordinary yarns with conductive phase endows additional functions such as strain sensing. Herein, highly responsive, stretchable, conductive wrapped yarns with different wrapping densities were prepared, using elastane filament as core, co-wrapped with silver-plated nylon filament (SPNF) and polyester filament. It was found that a wrapping density of 750 T·m−1 was an optimal alternative, taking into account tensile and elastic-related properties, keeping the elastane draw ratio constant. By virtue of the helical-interlaced structure and spiral configuration of wrapping components, the optimized yarn can bear up to nearly 200% strain and exhibit larger-strain cyclic robustness. By incorporating SPNF into the wrapped yarn, it can serve as a stretchable conductor, and it is also able to precisely detect body motion (e.g. finger bending) with high responsiveness (shorter response time). Such functional yarns hold tremendous prospects for wearable electronics.
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spelling doaj-art-0f18f72e9fda480487ae9a678b1958fd2025-08-20T02:57:48ZengDe Gruytere-Polymers1618-72292024-12-0124153103610.1515/epoly-2024-0091Large-scale production of highly responsive, stretchable, and conductive wrapped yarns for wearable strain sensorsWang Linyu0Mao Lei1Wei Wei2Kong Lanlan3Zong Kuikui4Xia Chenying5College of Textile and Clothing, Yancheng Polytechnic College, Yancheng, 224005, ChinaCollege of Textile and Clothing, Yancheng Polytechnic College, Yancheng, 224005, ChinaBinzhou Testing Center, Binzhou, 256606, ChinaBureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (Shanghai) Nanjing Branch, Nanjing, 211100, ChinaSuzhou Jingfei Textile Technology Co., Ltd, Suzhou, 215228, ChinaJiangsu Yueda Textile Group Co., Ltd., Yancheng, 224055, ChinaStretchable conductive yarns have received crucial attention in the direction of wearable electronics. Integration of ordinary yarns with conductive phase endows additional functions such as strain sensing. Herein, highly responsive, stretchable, conductive wrapped yarns with different wrapping densities were prepared, using elastane filament as core, co-wrapped with silver-plated nylon filament (SPNF) and polyester filament. It was found that a wrapping density of 750 T·m−1 was an optimal alternative, taking into account tensile and elastic-related properties, keeping the elastane draw ratio constant. By virtue of the helical-interlaced structure and spiral configuration of wrapping components, the optimized yarn can bear up to nearly 200% strain and exhibit larger-strain cyclic robustness. By incorporating SPNF into the wrapped yarn, it can serve as a stretchable conductor, and it is also able to precisely detect body motion (e.g. finger bending) with high responsiveness (shorter response time). Such functional yarns hold tremendous prospects for wearable electronics.https://doi.org/10.1515/epoly-2024-0091stretchable conductive wrapped yarnhollow-spindle wrap spinningwrapping densitystrain sensorswearable electronics
spellingShingle Wang Linyu
Mao Lei
Wei Wei
Kong Lanlan
Zong Kuikui
Xia Chenying
Large-scale production of highly responsive, stretchable, and conductive wrapped yarns for wearable strain sensors
e-Polymers
stretchable conductive wrapped yarn
hollow-spindle wrap spinning
wrapping density
strain sensors
wearable electronics
title Large-scale production of highly responsive, stretchable, and conductive wrapped yarns for wearable strain sensors
title_full Large-scale production of highly responsive, stretchable, and conductive wrapped yarns for wearable strain sensors
title_fullStr Large-scale production of highly responsive, stretchable, and conductive wrapped yarns for wearable strain sensors
title_full_unstemmed Large-scale production of highly responsive, stretchable, and conductive wrapped yarns for wearable strain sensors
title_short Large-scale production of highly responsive, stretchable, and conductive wrapped yarns for wearable strain sensors
title_sort large scale production of highly responsive stretchable and conductive wrapped yarns for wearable strain sensors
topic stretchable conductive wrapped yarn
hollow-spindle wrap spinning
wrapping density
strain sensors
wearable electronics
url https://doi.org/10.1515/epoly-2024-0091
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