title: Wearable Electronics of Silver-Nanowire/Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Nanocomposite for Smart Clothing.
abstract: Wearable electronics used in smart clothing for healthcare monitoring or personalized identification is a new and fast-growing research topic. The challenge is that the electronics has to be simultaneously highly stretchable, mechanically robust and water-washable, which is unreachable for traditional electronics or previously reported stretchable electronics. Herein we report the wearable electronics of sliver nanowire (Ag-NW)/poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) nanocomposite which can meet the above multiple requirements. The electronics of Ag-NW/PDMS nanocomposite films is successfully fabricated by an original pre-straining and post-embedding (PSPE) process. The composite film shows a very high conductivity of 1.52 × 10(4) S cm(-1) and an excellent electrical stability with a small resistance fluctuation under a large stretching strain. Meanwhile, it shows a robust adhesion between the Ag-NWs and the PDMS substrate and can be directly machine-washed. These advantages make it a competitive candidate as wearable electronics for smart clothing applications.
authors.affiliation: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.2 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Gui-Wen
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.2 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hong-Mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.2 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shao-Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Fu