Specialty Fabrics Review December 2024 - 10

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Researchers develop
MXene-based smart fabric
U
niversity of Waterloo researchers
in Waterloo, Ont., Canada, have
developed a smart fabric that can
convert body heat and solar energy into
electricity. The fabric has the potential to
replace current smart wearables that often
require bulky external power sources and
frequent charging.
The fabric is made from MXene, a
flexible 2D graphene-like material with
electric and metallic conductivity. MXenebased
composites are versatile and used
in applications such as physical and
chemical sensors, energy storage and
biomedical applications.
Researchers constructed an adhesive
ABOVE: Doctoral candidate
Jun Peng from the College
of Textile Science and
Engineering at Jiangnan
University in Wuxi, China,
wearing a face mask made
using MXene that can detect
lung cancer and viruses
from a person's breath.
RIGHT: A researcher
stretching MXene-coated
sensors to demonstrate
their durability and flexibility.
Images: University of Waterloo
polydopamine layer on the fabric's nylon
surface, attaching MXene through hydrogen
bonding. The resulting fabric is rapidly
responsive, durable and more cost-effective
than conventional fabrics used in smart
fabrics. The MXene-based fabric detects
the difference between the wearer's body
temperature and environment to harness
body heat, converting it into electricity
to discern the wearer's respiratory rate.
Other sensors can be integrated to monitor
factors such as pressure, chemical
composition and others.
A potential use for the fabric could be
in face masks to track breath temperature
and rate and detect chemicals present to
identify viruses and other illnesses.
The research was conducted in collaboration
with professor Chaoxia Wang, doctoral
candidate Jun Peng and others from the
College of Textile Science and Engineering
at Jiangnan University in Wuxi, China.
The next research phase will focus on
enhancing the fabric's performance and
integrating it with electronic components
in collaboration with electrical and
computer engineers. Future developments
may include a smartphone app to track
and transmit data from the fabric to
health care professionals.
The study was published in June 2024 in
the Journal of Materials Science & Technology.
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