Selectively Micro-Patternable Fibers via In-Fiber Photolithography by Lee, Youngbin, Canales, Andres, Loke, Gabriel, Kanik, Mehmet, Fink, Yoel, Anikeeva, Polina

“…This approach may advance applications of fiber-based devices in distributed sensors, large area optoelectronic devices, and smart textiles.…”
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Flexible electrochromic materials based on CNT/PDA hybrids by Reinack, Varghese Hansen, Yang, Jinglei, Zheng, Lianxi

“…If made flexible, stretchable and weavable, they may even be directly integrated with advanced technologies such as smart textiles. A new class of engineered composite based on polydiacetylene (PDA) functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNT) shows tremendous potential in this regard. …”
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Linear and Nonlinear Elastic Properties of Polystyrene-Based Nanocomposites with Allotropic Carbon Fillers and Binary Mixtures by Andrey V. Belashov, Anna A. Zhikhoreva, Olga A. Moskalyuk, Yaroslav M. Beltukov, Irina V. Semenova

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From Nano-Communications to Body Area Networks: A Perspective on Truly Personal Communications by Pawel Kulakowski, Kenan Turbic, Luis M. Correia

“…At a larger scale, in the domain of Body Area Networks, a wide range of communication mechanisms is available, including smart-textiles, inductive- and body-couplings, ultrasounds, optical and wireless radio transmissions, a number of mature technologies existing already. …”
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Electronic-components less fully textile multiple resonant combiners for body-centric near field communication by Baptiste Garnier, Philippe Mariage, François Rault, Cédric Cochrane, Vladan Koncar

“…The rise of embedded telecommunications, especially smartphones in our pocket, enables us to provide a power source and a wireless link for smart textiles. The main issue is to develop garments able to receive power from smartphones and communicate with them without flexibility and comfort constraints bound to embedded solid-state electronic components. …”
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Development of the Smart Jacket Featured with Medical, Sports, and Defense Attributes using Conductive Thread and Thermoelectric Fabric by Aman Ul Azam Khan, Aurghya Kumar Saha, Zarin Tasnim Bristy, Tasnima Tazrin, Abdul Baqui, Barshan Dev

“…The exigency of humans is boosting the necessity of Smart Textiles in this modern era. A decade ago, envisioning sophisticated outerwear with several uses were considered a challenge. …”
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Adhesion and Stability of Nanocellulose Coatings on Flat Polymer Films and Textiles by Raha Saremi, Nikolay Borodinov, Amine Mohamed Laradji, Suraj Sharma, Igor Luzinov, Sergiy Minko

“…Nanocellulose coatings are among many interesting applications of these materials to functionalize different by composition and structure surfaces, including plastics, polymer coatings, and textiles with broader applications from food packaging to smart textiles. Variations in porosity and thickness of nanocellulose coatings are used to adjust a load of functional molecules and particles into the coatings, their permeability, and filtration properties. …”
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Effect of micro phase change materials on the thermal behavior of leather by Siamak Nazemi, Rohollah Bagherzade, Mohsen Gorji

“…Today, scientists are interested in the manufacturing and invention of smart textiles such as phase change materials (PCMs). …”
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Robust and stretchable indium gallium zinc oxide-based electronic textiles formed by cilia-assisted transfer printing by Jongwon Yoon, Yunkyung Jeong, Heeje Kim, Seonggwang Yoo, Hoon Sun Jung, Yonghun Kim, Youngkyu Hwang, Yujun Hyun, Woong-Ki Hong, Byoung Hun Lee, Sung-Hoon Choa, Heung Cho Ko

“…The fabrication of smart textiles is currently relying on the printing of ultrathin electronics on fabric, which is subject to the poor adhesion between electronics and textile. …”
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Lignocellulosic Biomass-Derived Carbon Electrodes for Flexible Supercapacitors: An Overview by Wenxin Hu, Ruifang Xiang, Jiaxian Lin, Yu Cheng, Chunhong Lu

“…With the increasing demand for high-performance electronic devices in smart textiles, various types of flexible/wearable electronic device (i.e., supercapacitors, batteries, fuel cells, etc.) have emerged regularly. …”
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Development and Washing Reliability Testing of a Stretchable Circuit on Knit Fabric by Paula Veske, Pieter Bauwens, Frederick Bossuyt, Tom Sterken, Jan Vanfleteren

“…The smart textiles and wearable technology markets are expanding tirelessly, looking for efficient solutions to create long-lasting products. …”
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Development of Infrared Reflective Textiles and Simulation of Their Effect in Cold-Protection Garments by Irina Cherunova, Nikolai Kornev, Guobin Jia, Klaus Richter, Jonathan Plentz

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Self-Folding Textiles through Manipulation of Knit Stitch Architecture by Chelsea E. Knittel, Diana S. Nicholas, Reva M. Street, Caroline L. Schauer, Genevieve Dion

“…This research presents a preliminary study on finding predictable methods of controlling the self-folding behaviors of weft knit textiles for use in the development of smart textiles and garment devices, such as those with shape memory, auxetic behavior or transformation abilities. …”
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Transparent and Flexible Actuator Based on a Hybrid Dielectric Layer of Wavy Polymer and Dielectric Fluid Mixture by Mallappa Mahanthappa, Hyun-U Ko, Sang-Youn Kim

“…Hence, the proposed actuators open up a new class of vibrotactile actuators for possible use in various domains, including robotics, smart textiles, teleoperation, and the metaverse.…”
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Understanding Smart Wearable Sensors Technology: Impact on Human Health and Fitness by E.P. Idoga, A.I. Adamu

“…The study findings indicate that among the smart wearable devices examined, smart wristwatches (45.6%) appears to be the most commonly used wearable sensor device followed by smart wrist bands (34.7%), smart textiles (10.7%) and smart rings (9.1%). This signifies that a large number of people can effortlessly use SWSs and devices and are optimistic about its support in their daily  healthcare/fitness needs. …”
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Self-Healable and Super-Tough Double-Network Hydrogel Fibers from Dynamic Acylhydrazone Bonding and Supramolecular Interactions by Jiachuan Hua, Chang Liu, Bin Fei, Zunfeng Liu

“…Macroscopic hydrogel fibers are highly desirable for smart textiles, but the fabrication of self-healable and super-tough covalent/physical double-network hydrogels is rarely reported. …”
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From Mesoscopic Functionalization of Silk Fibroin to Smart Fiber Devices for Textile Electronics and Photonics by Ronghui Wu, Liyun Ma, Xiang Yang Liu

“…Abstract Bombyx mori silk fibers exhibit significant potential for applications in smart textiles, such as fiber sensors, fiber actuators, optical fibers, and energy harvester. …”
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Design, Characterization, and Performance of Woven Fabric Electrodes for Electrocardiogram Signal Monitoring by Meiling Zhang, Ningting Guo, Qian Gao, Hongqiang Li, Zhangang Wang

“…This work provides reference data that will be helpful for commercializing the integration of fabric electrodes into smart textiles.…”
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Textile Electrodes: Influence of Knitting Construction and Pressure on the Contact Impedance by Luisa Euler, Li Guo, Nils-Krister Persson

“…Textile electrodes, also called textrodes, for biosignal monitoring as well as electrostimulation are central for the emerging research field of smart textiles. However, so far, only the general suitability of textrodes for those areas was investigated, while the influencing parameters on the contact impedance related to the electrode construction and external factors remain rather unknown. …”
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Control-Based 4D Printing: Adaptive 4D-Printed Systems by Ali Zolfagharian, Akif Kaynak, Mahdi Bodaghi, Abbas Z. Kouzani, Saleh Gharaie, Saeid Nahavandi

“…Building on the recent progress of four-dimensional (4D) printing to produce dynamic structures, this study aimed to bring this technology to the next level by introducing control-based 4D printing to develop adaptive 4D-printed systems with highly versatile multi-disciplinary applications, including medicine, in the form of assisted soft robots, smart textiles as wearable electronics and other industries such as agriculture and microfluidics. …”
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