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Effect of Fabric Integration on the Physical and Optical Performance of Electroluminescent Fibers for Lighted Textile Applications
Fibers, v 6(3)
01 Sep 2018
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Abstract
The advent of electroluminescent (EL) fibers, which emit light in response to an applied electric field, has opened the door for fabric-integrated light emission and displays in textiles. However, there have been few technical publications over the past few years about the performance of these light emitting fibers inside functional fabrics. Thus, there is limited information on the effect of integration on the physical and optical performance of such devices. In this work, alternating current powder-based EL (ACPEL) fibers were evaluated under a range of operating conditions both inside and outside of a knit matrix to understand how the EL fiber device performance changed inside a functional fabric. The device efficiency, adjustable brightness, and mechanical properties of these fibers are presented. The effects of fabric integration on the light-emitting fibers as well as the supporting knit fabric are discussed as they relate to the practical applications of this technology.
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- Title
- Effect of Fabric Integration on the Physical and Optical Performance of Electroluminescent Fibers for Lighted Textile Applications
- Creators
- Alyssa Martin - Drexel Univ, Dept Elect, Comp Engn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USAAdam Fontecchio - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Fibers, v 6(3)
- Publisher
- Mdpi
- Number of pages
- 13
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000448397500008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85053828492
- Other Identifier
- 991019168732104721
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- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary