E-textiles manufacturing platform for wearable healthcare applications

该项目将开发用于医疗保健应用的电子纺织品(E-纺织品)平台技术。研究工作包括：1、印刷电子材料的开发与制造。这包括研究新的电极材料配方(例如导电碳、石墨烯、2D材料)，以及使用打印技术(例如丝网打印、3D打印、分配器打印)制造电极的工艺。将开发一个具有不同电极配方的电气和机械性能的电极数据库。2、电子纱线的开发。这项工作将推进SEMS集团EPSRC资助项目目前开发的尖端技术，使其适合于规模化和实际应用。不同的电子元件(如微处理器、加速计)将被集成到由FINLINE丝网印刷制成的印刷轨道上。将开发包装和集成方法，以确保用户长期使用的舒适性和耐用性。3、应用程序开发。开发的平台将在医疗保健应用中进行测试。例如，1)可穿戴的电子纺织品，可以提高移动性或减轻疼痛；同时通过监控手势/动作来跟踪康复。2)用于生物势能挖掘的可穿戴电子纺织品(例如，心电、脑电)。

This project will develop electronic textiles (E-textiles) platform technologies for healthcare applications. The research work includes:1, Printed electronic materials development and manufacturing. This involves the research on new electrode material formulations (e.g. conductive carbon, graphene, 2D materials), and the fabrication processing of electrodes using printing technologies (e.g. screen printing, 3D printing, dispenser printing). An electrode database with electrical and mechanical properties for different electrode formulations will be developed. 2, Electronic yarn development. This work will advance the current state-of-the art technology developed in the EPSRC funded project in SEMS group to make is suitable for scale up and practical applications. Different electronic components (e.g. microprocessors, accelerometers) will be integrated onto printed tracks made by fineline screen printing. Packaging and integration methods will be developed to ensure user comfort and durability for long term use.3, application development. The platform developed will be tested in healthcare application. For example, 1) wearable e-textiles that can improve the mobility or reduce the pain; meanwhile track the recovery through monitoring the gestures/movement. 2) wearable e-textiles for biopotential minoring (e.g. ECG, EEG).