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    Energy-harvesting materials for smart fabrics and textiles

    This article reviews materials developed to enable energy harvesting from textiles. It includes energy harvesting from mechanical, thermal, and light sources, and covers materials employed into yarns that can ...

    Russel Torah, Jake Lawrie-Ashton, Yi Li, Sasikumar Arumugam in MRS Bulletin (2018)

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    Finite element analysis (FEA) modelling and experimental verification to optimise flexible electronic packaging for e-textiles

    In this paper a three-dimensional model of a novel electronic package has been developed using Finite element analysis to evaluate the shear load, tensile, bending and thermal stresses. Simulations of a comple...

    Menglong Li, Russel Torah, **gqi Liu, John Tudor, Steve Beeby in Microsystem Technologies (2022)

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    Modified PDMS packaging of sensory e-textile circuit microsystems for improved robustness with washing

    Electronic Textiles (e-textiles) should ideally be handled and cleaned like traditional textiles. Therefore, we can expect e-textiles to be machine washed or hand washed. As e-textiles enhance traditional fabr...

    Olivia Ojuroye, Russel Torah, Steve Beeby in Microsystem Technologies (2022)

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    Automated insertion of package dies onto wire and into a textile yarn sheath

    Wider adoption of electronic textiles requires integration of small electronic components into textile fabrics, without comprising the textile qualities. A solution is to create a flexible yarn that incorporat...

    Dorothy Anne Hardy, Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Mohamad-Nour Nashed in Microsystem Technologies (2022)