Digitally-embroidered liquid metal electronic textiles for wearable wireless systems
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Electronic textiles capable of sensing, powering, and communication can be used to non-intrusively monitor human health during daily life. However, achieving these functionalities with clothing is challenging because of limitations in the electronic performance, flexibility and robustness of the underlying materials, which must endure repeated mechanical, thermal and chemical stresses during daily use. Here, we demonstrate electronic textile systems with functionalities in near-field powering and communication created by digital embroidery of liquid metal fibers. Owing to the unique electrical and mechanical properties of the liquid metal fibers, these electronic textiles can conform to body surfaces and establish robust wireless connectivity with nearby wearable or implantable devices, even during strenuous exercise. By transferring optimized electromagnetic patterns onto clothing in this way, we demonstrate a washable electronic shirt that can be wirelessly powered by a smartphone and continuously monitor axillary temperature without interfering with daily activities.
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NFC offers an alternative approach where sensors can be wirelessly powered by a reader, enabling battery-free and secure operation for various physiological measurements on the skin or inside the body.
“Near-field communication (NFC) offers an alternative approach where sensors can be wirelessly powered by a reader, enabling battery-free and secure operation for various physiological measurements on the skin or inside the body (Lin et al. 2020; Lin et al. 2022; Niu et al. 2019; Shi et al. 2022).”
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- Authors
- Lin, R., Kim, H.-J., Achavananthadith, S., Xiong, Z., Lee, J. K. W., Kong, Y. L., & Ho, J. S.
- Affiliations
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (SG)
- University of Utah (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kong, Yong Lin
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2022-04-21
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 2190-2190
- ISSN
- 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9023486
- OpenAlex
- W4224229286
- Cited by
- 267
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 50 · 2025: 67 · 2024: 71 · 2023: 68 · 2022: 11
- FWCI
- 15.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- National Research Foundation Singapore (NRFF2017-07)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Wireless Power Transfer Systems
- Keywords
- smart textiles, digital embroidery, wireless communication, health monitoring, flexible electronics
- MeSH terms
- Wearable Electronic Devices, Electronics, Humans, Metals, Monitoring, Physiologic, Textiles
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