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ReviewACS nano2022

Toward Sustainable Wearable Electronic Textiles.

Marzia Dulal, Shaila Afroj, Jaewan Ahn, Yujang Cho, Chris Carr, Il-Doo Kim, Nazmul Karim

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Review in ACS nano, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Ionic Conductive Textiles for Wearable Technology.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
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  15. Closed-Loop Recycling of Wearable Electronic Textiles.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Marzia DulalCentre for Print Research (CFPR), University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, BristolBS16 1QY, United Kingdom.
Shaila AfrojCentre for Print Research (CFPR), University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, BristolBS16 1QY, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0469-261X
Jaewan AhnDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon34141, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-0136-8427
Yujang ChoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon34141, Republic of Korea.
Chris CarrClothworkers' Centre for Textile Materials Innovation for Healthcare, School of Design, University of Leeds, LeedsLS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
Il-Doo KimDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon34141, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-9970-2218
Nazmul KarimCentre for Print Research (CFPR), University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, BristolBS16 1QY, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4426-8995

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Smart wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) that can detect and differentiate multiple stimuli, while also collecting and storing the diverse array of data signals using highly innovative, multifunctional, and intelligent garments, are of great value for personalized healthcare applications. However, material performance and sustainability, complicated and difficult e-textile fabrication methods, and their limited end-of-life processability are major challenges to wide adoption of e-textiles. In this review, we explore the potential for sustainable materials, manufacturing techniques, and their end-of-the-life processes for developing eco-friendly e-textiles. In addition, we survey the current state-of-the-art for sustainable fibers and electronic materials (i.e., conductors, semiconductors, and dielectrics) to serve as different components in wearable e-textiles and then provide an overview of environmentally friendly digital manufacturing techniques for such textiles which involve less or no water utilization, combined with a reduction in both material waste and energy consumption. Furthermore, standardized parameters for evaluating the sustainability of e-textiles are established, such as life cycle analysis, biodegradability, and recyclability. Finally, we discuss the current development trends, as well as the future research directions for wearable e-textiles which include an integrated product design approach based on the use of eco-friendly materials, the development of sustainable manufacturing processes, and an effective end-of-the-life strategy to manufacture next generation smart and sustainable wearable e-textiles that can be either recycled to value-added products or decomposed in the landfill without any negative environmental impacts.

Indexed as

TextilesWearable Electronic DevicesElectronicsbiodegradabilitye-textileslife cycle analysisrecyclabilitysmart textilessustainabilitysustainable electronicswearable electronics

Identifiers

PMID36449447
PMCPMC9798870

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