Piezocapacitive textile using graphene
AssigneeImagine Intelligent Materials Ltd
InventorsPhillip Aitchison, Vito Giorgio, Robert Gorkin
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Abstract
A textile with an electrically conductive first side and an electrically conductive second side where the two sides are separated by an electrically insulating part of the textile and where the electrically conductivity is provided by a graphene coating on the respective sides and where a capacitance can be formed between the respective conductive sides.
Claims19
A piezocapacitive textile incorporating graphene;
- said textile incorporating an electrically conductive first side and an electrically conductive second side where said sides are electrically insulated;
- and wherein said electrical conductivity is provided by a graphene coating on each of said sides;
- and wherein a capacitance is formed between the conductive sides;
- and wherein the textile is arranged in a plane and is adapted to undergo an elastic deformation in said plane of the textile when subjected to strain in said plane of the textile;
- or wherein the textile is adapted to undergo an elastic deformation perpendicular to said plane of the textile when subjected to compression perpendicular to said plane of the textile;
- and wherein said deformation causes a change in said capacitance.
A graphene coating on a piezocapacitive textile that confers electrical conductivity and does not substantially change the porosity, elasticity or flexibility of the textile.
A graphene coating on a piezocapacitive textile that confers electrical conductivity and increases the water affinity of the textile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.