Sustainable electronic textiles towards scalable commercialization

HaoTian Harvey Shi^#^{1

2

3}, Yifei Pan^{1

2}, Lin Xu⁴, Xueming Feng^{1

2

5}, Wenyu Wang^{1

2}, Prasad Potluri⁶, Liangbing Hu⁴, Tawfique Hasan^{1

7}, Yan Yan Shery Huang^#^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
² The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
³ Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁵ Micro- and Nano-technology Research Centre, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
⁶ Department of Materials, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁷ Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁸ Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. yysh2@cam.ac.uk.
⁹ The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. yysh2@cam.ac.uk.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 37500958
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01615-z

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Sustainable electronic textiles towards scalable commercialization

HaoTian Harvey Shi et al. Nat Mater. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;22(11):1294-1303.

doi: 10.1038/s41563-023-01615-z. Epub 2023 Jul 27.

Authors

HaoTian Harvey Shi^#^{1

2

3}, Yifei Pan^{1

2}, Lin Xu⁴, Xueming Feng^{1

2

5}, Wenyu Wang^{1

2}, Prasad Potluri⁶, Liangbing Hu⁴, Tawfique Hasan^{1

7}, Yan Yan Shery Huang^#^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
² The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
³ Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁵ Micro- and Nano-technology Research Centre, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
⁶ Department of Materials, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁷ Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁸ Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. yysh2@cam.ac.uk.
⁹ The Nanoscience Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. yysh2@cam.ac.uk.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 37500958
DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01615-z

Abstract

Textiles represent a fundamental material format that is extensively integrated into our everyday lives. The quest for more versatile and body-compatible wearable electronics has led to the rise of electronic textiles (e-textiles). By enhancing textiles with electronic functionalities, e-textiles define a new frontier of wearable platforms for human augmentation. To realize the transformational impact of wearable e-textiles, materials innovations can pave the way for effective user adoption and the creation of a sustainable circular economy. We propose a repair, recycle, replacement and reduction circular e-textile paradigm. We envisage a systematic design framework embodying material selection and biofabrication concepts that can unify environmental friendliness, market viability, supply-chain resilience and user experience quality. This framework establishes a set of actionable principles for the industrialization and commercialization of future sustainable e-textile products.

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