About this Research Topic
The goal of this Research Topic is to provide a platform for showcasing the latest developments and advancements from the research groups all around the globe in the area of smart wearable electronic textiles. Wearable electronic textiles are in the beginning stages of their research. Important aspects in the domain of smart wearable electronic textiles include the development of wearable electronic yarns and fabrics, devices namely electronic chips, sensors memories, power sources and their seamless integration, degradation and its mitigation, prototype and large scale fabrication of the smart wearable electronic textiles. Some of the issues to address in this domain are the biocompatibility, sustainability, durability, recyclability of various electronic components involved in the smart wearable electronic textiles. In order to advance the field of smart wearable electronic textiles the present Research Topic invites contributions from design, development, integration, fabrication, functioning and human-textile interfacing.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
• Material level developments in energy storage systems such as batteries and supercapacitors for smart wearable electronic textiles
• Development of smart wearable electronic textiles
• Design, development and fabrication of various components such as display units, sensors, memories, aesthetic enhancers
• Design and fabrication of smart wearable electronic textile prototypes
• Scale up of the fabrication of these textiles for industries
• Novel applications of smart wearable electronic textiles
• Software applications for desktop computers and mobile devices and for human-textile interfacing
• Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence in smart wearable electronic textiles
• Biocompatibility, reliability, durability and recyclability of various components
• Fundamentals aspects in the design, development, fabrication and function smart wearable electronic textiles
• Any other aspects relevant to the smart wearable electronic textiles
Keywords: Wearable Electronics, Smart Textiles, Electronic Textiles, Batteries, Supercapacitors, Wearable Electronic Yarns and Fabrics, Human-textile interface
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