Waterproof and durable screen printed silver conductive tracks on textiles

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 2023-2031

  Yang, Kai ^a   Torah, Russel ^a   Wei, Yang ^a   Beeby, Steve ^a   Tudor, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

encapsulation layer; interface layer; printed electronics; smart fabric; waterproof conductive fabric; wearable electronics

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FABRICS; SCREEN PRINTING; SILVER; SMART TEXTILES; WATERPROOFING; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

CONDUCTIVE FABRICS; CONDUCTIVE TEXTILES; COST-EFFECTIVE FABRICATION; ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONS; ENCAPSULATION LAYER; FUNCTIONAL LAYER; INTERFACE LAYER; PRINTED ELECTRONICS;

WEAVING;

EID: 84888398206     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517513490063     Document Type: Article

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