Flexible non-metallic electro-conductive textiles

摘要

This issue of Textile Progress reviews research carried out on electrically conducting polymers, fibres and fabrics prepared by in situ chemical, electrochemical and vapour-phase polymerisation. It provides information about various inherently conducting polymers prepared from aniline, pyrrole, thiophene and their derivatives that are often used to prepare flexible non-metallic electro-conductive textiles. Several methods for the characterisation of electro-conductive fabrics are included, namely scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, elemental disruptive X-ray analysis and Fourier transmission infrared spectroscopy. The role of the polymerisation process in determining the electrical properties of electro-conductive textiles is examined. The review highlights applications of flexible non-metallic conductive textiles in electromagnetic shielding materials, heating pads, sensors and actuators.%Inherently conducting polymers; PANI; PPy; Pth; electro-conductive textiles; in situ polymerisation; chemical polymerisation; electrochemical polymerisation; vapour-phase polymerisation; electrical conductivity; EMI shielding; heating pads; sensors and actuators