Cotton Fabric Dipped in Carbon Nano Tube Ink for Smart Textile Applications

Abstract

Textile based materials, equipped with nanotechnology and electronics, have a major role in the development of high-tech military uniforms and materials. Active intelligent textile system integrated to electronics have the capacity of improving the combat soldiers’ performance by sensing, adapting themselves, and responding to a situational combat need allowing the combat soldiers to continue their mission. In this work, the conductivity is achieved by dipping and drying process using carbon nanotube (CNT) ink. The dipped fabric was subjected to SEM, UTM, FTIR, TGA, impedance analyzer, piezoelectric effect, and abrasion resistance to investigate its structural, morphological, and mechanical properties, degradation temperature, conductivity, and abrasion.