NTU Advanced Textiles

Four peer reviewed proceedings based on work presented by the group at the E-Textiles 2024 conference have recently been published. The articles ‘Vibrotac-Glove: Designing a Novel Haptic Glove as an Assistive Device’, ‘Further Optimization of Solar Electronic Yarns for Developing Large, Stretchable Knitted Textile Solar Panel’, ‘Development and Optimisation of Textile-Based Optical Sensors for Cardiac Health Monitoring’, and ‘Development and Optimisation of Textile-Based Optical Sensors for Cardiac Health Monitoring’ were published as part of the conference’s proceeding on IEEE Xplore, which is available here: https://lnkd.in/ez7V-Rkm

Members of the Advanced Textiles Research Group in collaboration with the School of Science and Technology at Nottingham Trent University, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano have recently published a new article. The paper is entitled 'Submersible touchless interactivity in conformable textiles enabled by highly selective overbraided magnetoresistive sensors' and details the development and application of a magnetic field sensing electronic yarn. The article was published in Communications Engineering and is available here:

Submersible touchless interactivity in conformable textiles enabled by highly selective overbraided magnetoresistive sensors - Communications Engineering The study presents 1D smart e-textiles that incorporate flexible thin film magnetoresistive sensors into the core of a textile braid. It can be bent, crumpled, and even washed, important for touchless interactive interaction.

The Advanced Textiles Research Group, and other staff in the Nottingham School of Art and Design, have published a new research article focussed on the challenges in designing a robust electronic yarn suitable for wearable applications. The article ‘Design considerations for the creation of electronic yarns for wearable health monitoring devices’ was published in ‘The Design Journal’ and is available here:

Design considerations for the creation of electronic yarns for wearable health monitoring devices Textiles with embedded sensing capabilities can be an ideal solution for many health monitoring applications as textiles are comfortable to wear close to the skin. Various integration techniques ha...

Raphael Kanyire Seidu has been visiting the Advanced Textiles Research Group from Hong Kong Polytechnic University for the past four months. He has been working on completing smart interactive retro-reflective clothing for pedestrians, that he has created as part of his PhD research which are designed to improve the safety of pedestrians when walking at night. More information of his research can be found at: https://www.ippd-sft.com/the-masters-corner/raphael-kanyire-seidu

Congratulations to Dr Zahra Rahemtulla who recently won a Nottingham Trent University Open Research Award for her excellent application of open research practices during her research into developing fall and near-fall detecting E-textiles.