Laser printing technology produces waterproof e-textiles

摘要

The researchers of the RMIT University, Melbourne/Australia, behind the new e-textile technology think that the next generation of waterproof smart fabrics will be laser printed and made in minutes. Scientists have developed a cost-efficient and scalable method for rapidly fabricating textiles that are embedded with energy storage devices. In just 3 minutes, the method can produce a 10×10 cm smart textile patch that is waterproof, stretchable and readily integrated with energy harvesting technologies. The technology enables graphene superca-pacitors - powerful and long-lasting energy storage devices that are easily combined with solar or other sources of power - to be laser printed directly onto textiles.