A research team led by Professors Stefan Seelecke and Paul Motzki from Saarland University is using a highly versatile film ...

Smart textiles pack powerful sensors and electronics in the weave ... Intrinsic conductive nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, or metallic nanowires. Take this example where researchers ...

In a leap forward for materials science, a multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a pioneering method of 3D ...

In a breakthrough for smart materials, scientists from several top institutions have developed a new 3D printing method to ...

With significant expertise in multifunctional plastics manufacturing, nanoscale manufacturing and printed electronics, UMass Lowell develops innovative flexible electronics and smart textiles that ...

This project seeks to integrate smart fabric sensors and actuators into comfortable ... Whereas the majority of electronic textiles in existence today make use of circuits adhesively integrated onto a ...

A team of researchers from Saarland University in Germany has found a way to turn super-thin, stretchy films—about the thickness of kitchen cling wrap—into smart materials that can bring everyday ...

Emergency blankets are a common example used to deal with treating extreme cases ... The new research published today in journal Nano Letters, demonstrates that the smart optical textile technology ...

When Vineeta Singh asked what qualifies as a "smart textile," Chhail explained that ... effectively making it electronic. As an example, she mentioned heated cushions but did not bring a prototype ...

When used in wearable textiles, these films can move and press ... conducting layer', explains Paul Motzki, Professor of Smart Material Systems for Innovative Production at Saarland University ...