TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanofibrous Smart Fabrics from Twisted Yarns of Electrospun Piezopolymer
AU - Yang, Enlong
AU - Xu, Zhe
AU - Chur, Lucas K.
AU - Behroozfar, Ali
AU - Baniasadi, Mahmoud
AU - Moreno, Salvador
AU - Huang, Jiacheng
AU - Gilligan, Jules
AU - Minary-Jolandan, Majid
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2017/7/19
Y1 - 2017/7/19
N2 - Smart textiles are envisioned to make a paradigm shift in wearable technologies to directly impart functionality into the fibers rather than integrating sensors and electronics onto conformal substrates or skin in wearable devices. Among smart materials, piezoelectric fabrics have not been widely reported, yet. Piezoelectric smart fabrics can be used for mechanical energy harvesting, for thermal energy harvesting through the pyroelectric effect, for ferroelectric applications, as pressure and force sensors, for motion detection, and for ultrasonic sensing. We report on mechanical and material properties of the plied nanofibrous piezoelectric yarns as a function of postprocessing conditions including thermal annealing and drawing (stretching). In addition, we used a continuous electrospinning setup to directly produce P(VDF-TrFE) nanofibers and convert them into twisted plied yarns, and demonstrated application of these plied yarns in woven piezoelectric fabrics. The results of this work can be an early step toward realization of piezoelectric smart fabrics.
AB - Smart textiles are envisioned to make a paradigm shift in wearable technologies to directly impart functionality into the fibers rather than integrating sensors and electronics onto conformal substrates or skin in wearable devices. Among smart materials, piezoelectric fabrics have not been widely reported, yet. Piezoelectric smart fabrics can be used for mechanical energy harvesting, for thermal energy harvesting through the pyroelectric effect, for ferroelectric applications, as pressure and force sensors, for motion detection, and for ultrasonic sensing. We report on mechanical and material properties of the plied nanofibrous piezoelectric yarns as a function of postprocessing conditions including thermal annealing and drawing (stretching). In addition, we used a continuous electrospinning setup to directly produce P(VDF-TrFE) nanofibers and convert them into twisted plied yarns, and demonstrated application of these plied yarns in woven piezoelectric fabrics. The results of this work can be an early step toward realization of piezoelectric smart fabrics.
KW - P(VDF-TrFE)
KW - annealing
KW - crystallization
KW - electrospun nanofiber
KW - mechanical properties
KW - multifunctional materials
KW - nanostructured materials
KW - piezoelectric properties
KW - plied yarn
KW - smart fabrics
KW - stretching
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U2 - 10.1021/acsami.7b06032
DO - 10.1021/acsami.7b06032
M3 - Article
C2 - 28644620
AN - SCOPUS:85024884481
SN - 1944-8244
VL - 9
SP - 24220
EP - 24229
JO - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
JF - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
IS - 28
ER -