A Scalable and Robust Personal Health Management Textile with Multiple Desired Thermal Functions and Electromagnetic Shielding

Litao Tang; Bin Lyu; Dangge Gao; Yingying Zhou; Yunchuan Wang; Fangxing Wang; Zhangting Jia; Yatong Fu; Ken Chen; Jianzhong Ma

doi:10.1002/advs.202400687

A Scalable and Robust Personal Health Management Textile with Multiple Desired Thermal Functions and Electromagnetic Shielding

Adv Sci (Weinh). 2024 Jun;11(21):e2400687. doi: 10.1002/advs.202400687. Epub 2024 Apr 22.

Authors

Litao Tang^{1

2

3}, Bin Lyu^{1

2

3}, Dangge Gao^{1

2

3}, Yingying Zhou^{1

2

3}, Yunchuan Wang^{1

2

3}, Fangxing Wang^{1

2

3}, Zhangting Jia^{1

2

3}, Yatong Fu^{1

2

3}, Ken Chen^{1

2

3}, Jianzhong Ma^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.
² National Demonstration Center for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.
³ Xi'an Key Laboratory of Green Chemicals and Functional Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.

Abstract

The development of functional textiles combining conventional apparel with advanced technologies for personal health management (PHM) has garnered widespread attention. However, the current PHM textiles often achieve multifunctionality by stacking functional modules, leading to poor durability and scalability. Herein, a scalable and robust PHM textile is designed by integrating electrical, radiative, and solar heating, electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, and piezoresistive sensing performance onto cotton fabric. This is achieved through an uncomplicated screen-printing process using silver paste. The conductivity of the PHM textile is ≈1.6 × 10⁴ S m^-1, ensuring an electric heating temperature of ≈134 °C with a low voltage of 1.7 V, as well as an EMI shielding effectiveness of ≈56 dB, and human motion monitoring performance. Surprisingly, the radiative/solar heating capability of the PHM textile surpasses that of traditional warm leather. Even after undergoing rigorous physical and chemical treatments, the PHM textile maintains terrific durability. Additionally, the PHM textile possesses maneuverable scalability and comfortable wearability. This innovative work opens up new avenues for the strategic design of PHM textiles and provides an advantageous guarantee of mass production.

Keywords: durability; electric heating; electromagnetic interference shielding; personal health management; radiative heating.

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