Self-powered sensory textile device
AssigneeNational University of Singapore
InventorsTianyiyi He, Chengkuo Lee, Qiongfeng Shi, Hao Wang, Minglu Zhu
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for forming a sensory textile. The method includes: providing a conductive polymer, a dopant and a solvent; mixing the conductive polymer, dopant and solvent to form a mixture having a predetermined ratio of the conductive polymer and the dopant, and a predetermined concentration of the conductive polymer; contacting a fabric with the mixture to coat the fabric with the conductive polymer and dopant; and drying the coated fabric. Also disclosed is a sensory textile device that includes such a sensory textile, a conductive backing layer and a spacer layer disposed between the sensory textile and conductive backing layer.
Claims27
A method for forming a sensory textile, comprising:
- providing a conductive polymer, a dopant and a solvent;
- mixing the conductive polymer, dopant and solvent to form a mixture having a predetermined ratio of the conductive polymer and the dopant, and a predetermined concentration of the conductive polymer;
- contacting a fabric with the mixture to coat the fabric with the conductive polymer and dopant;
- and
- drying the coated fabric,
- wherein the sensory textile is used to generate a charge.
A sensory textile device comprising:
- a sensory textile comprising a fabric coated in a conductive polymer and dopant at a predetermined ratio;
- and
- a substrate,
- wherein the sensory textile is attached to the substrate at at least two spaced apart locations and has a rest condition, in which the sensory textile is spaced from the substrate between the at least two spaced apart locations, and a generating condition, in which the sensory textile is in contact with the substrate between the at least two spaced apart locations, wherein moving from the rest condition to the generating condition causes a charge to be generated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.