Electronically conductive cellulose-yarn developed by WWSC researchers
Researchers from WWSC at Chalmer and KTH have together with researchers from Sweden, Finland and South Korea developed conducting cellulose yarns that can be used for making electronic textiles. The developed textile yarns displayed record-high bulk conductivity of 36 Scm–1 and could be washed multiple times.
conductive cellulose yarn is used in a sewing machine
Photo: Anna-Lena Lundqvist, Chalmers

The yarns were produced by a roll-to-roll coating process with an ink based on the biocompatible PEDOT:PSS and could be used in a household sewing machine. The findings were recently published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

“This cellulose thread could lead to garments with built-in electronic, smart functions, made from non-toxic, renewable and natural materials,” says Sozan Darabi, PhD student in WWSC in professor Christan Müllerss group to Chalmers.se

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Read the scientific article:
Green Conducting Cellulose Yarns for Machine-Sewn Electronic Textiles
Sozan Darabi, Michael Hummel, Sami Rantasalo, Marja Rissanen, Ingrid Öberg Månsson, Haike Hilke, Byungil Hwang, Mikael Skrifvars, Mahiar M. Hamedi, Herbert Sixta, Anja Lund, and Christian Müller

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020 12 (50), 56403-56412
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c15399

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