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Piezoresistive Sensors On Textiles By Inkjet Printing And Electroless Plating, Amit Sawhney, Animesh Agrawal, Prabir Patra, Paul Calvert
Piezoresistive Sensors On Textiles By Inkjet Printing And Electroless Plating, Amit Sawhney, Animesh Agrawal, Prabir Patra, Paul Calvert
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
We have printed arrays of strain sensors on textiles by inkjet printing of conducting lines and piezoresistive polymer (PEDOT) in order to provide detailed information about the response of a fabric in use. Conducting polymer has been printed onto polyamide and cellulose woven fabrics to form sensors using a modified HP inkjet print-head and X-Y linear positioning table. Good penetration and attachment is found on mercerized cotton but not on polyamide. Silver nitrate lines have been printed onto polyamide and converted to silver connectors by electroless plating. We observed that resistance of silver lines ranged from 0.7-1.5Ω/cm whereas for the …