Metal nanowire coatings for electrically conductive textiles

MW加拿大有限公司是一家领先的窗帘纺织品和特种材料制造商。他们创造和生产具有高级功能的独特定制面料。他们正在进行的研发活动的一个目标是将太阳能电池应用到窗帘中，并将前瞻性的兴趣应用到其他类型的电子纺织品中。对于任何电子功能，都需要能够在纺织品上传输信号或电力，因此需要导电性。目前可用的导电纺织品涂层在反复弯曲后会分解，并掩盖下面纺织品的颜色和图案。此外，需要专门而昂贵的设备来沉积这些涂层。

MW Canada Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of window covering textiles and specialty materials. They create and produce unique custom fabrics with advanced features. One goal of their on-going research and development activities is to incorporate solar cells into window blinds, with forward-looking interests into other types of e-textiles as well. For any electronic function, there needs to be the ability to transfer signals or power across the textile and thus electrical conductivity is required. Currently available conductive textile coatings break down after repeated bends and mask the colour and pattern of the textile underneath. Furthermore, specialized and expensive equipment is needed to deposit these coatings.