Conference proceeding
Digital fabrication of textiles - An analysis of electrical networks in 3D knitted functional fabrics
MICRO- AND NANOTECHNOLOGY SENSORS, SYSTEMS, AND APPLICATIONS IX, v 10194, pp 1019406-1019406-17
01 Jan 2017
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Abstract
Digital fabrication methods are reshaping design and manufacturing processes through the adoption of pre-production visualization and analysis tools, which help minimize waste of materials and time. Despite the increasingly widespread use of digital fabrication techniques, comparatively few of these advances have benefited the design and fabrication of textiles. The development of functional fabrics such as knitted touch sensors, antennas, capacitors, and other electronic textiles could benefit from the same advances in electrical network modeling that revolutionized the design of integrated circuits. In this paper, the efficacy of using current state-of-the-art digital fabrication tools over the more common trialand-error methods currently used in textile design is demonstrated. Gaps are then identified in the current state-of-the-art tools that must be resolved to further develop and streamline the rapidly growing field of smart textiles and devices, bringing textile production into the realm of 21st century manufacturing.
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- Title
- Digital fabrication of textiles - An analysis of electrical networks in 3D knitted functional fabrics
- Creators
- Richard Vallett - Drexel UniversityChelsea Knittel - Drexel UniversityDaniel Christe - Drexel UniversityNestor Castaneda - Drexel UniversityChristina D. Kara - Drexel UniversityKrzysztof Mazur - Drexel UniversityDani Liu - Drexel UniversityAntonios Kontsos - Drexel UniversityYoungmoo Kim - Drexel UniversityGenevieve Dion - Drexel University
- Contributors
- T George (Editor)A K Dutta (Editor)M S Islam (Editor)
- Publication Details
- MICRO- AND NANOTECHNOLOGY SENSORS, SYSTEMS, AND APPLICATIONS IX, v 10194, pp 1019406-1019406-17
- Series
- Proceedings of SPIE
- Publisher
- Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- 1537720 / National Science Foundation (CMMI); National Science Foundation (NSF) DGE-10028090/DGE-1104459 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pennsylvania Fabric Discovery Center; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Fashion Design; Center for Functional Fabrics; Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000411756000006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85024401808
- Other Identifier
- 991019167975904721
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- Instruments & Instrumentation
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Optics
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