A smart, stretchable resistive heater textile. Issue 1 (15th December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Yiming; Zhang, Zhitao; Li, Xueyi; Zhang, Jing; Lou, Huiqing; Shi, Xiang; Cheng, Xunliang; Peng, Huisheng
• Is Part Of: Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 5:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 41
• Page End: 46
• Publication Date: 2016-12-15
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals; Optical materials -- Research -- Periodicals; Electronics -- Materials -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/c6tc04399b
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-7526

Abstract

Abstract : A flexible, stretchable and breathable strip-shaped resistive heater textile is designed to demonstrate rapid thermal response and high stability. Abstract : A new kind of flexible and stretchable strip-shaped thermochromic resistive heater (TRH) has been fabricated by incorporating an aligned carbon nanotube sheet and a thermochromic silicone elastomer. This strip-shaped TRH demonstrates rapid thermal response and high stability even under stretching at a speed of 2 mm s −1 . The resulting TRH textiles woven from the strip-shaped TRHs are flexible, stretchable, and breathable, and they can stably work under various deformations such as twisting. The temperatures of TRH textiles during working can be visually evaluated from the designed patterns for both high efficiency and safety. The weaving structure in the TRH textile is available for local heating, which has been demonstrated for thermal therapy.