Evaluating the fabric performance and antibacterial properties of 3-D piezoelectric spacer fabric
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Tarih
2018
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
The increasing need of on-demand power for enabling portable low-power devices and sensors has necessitated work in novel energy harvesting materials and devices. In a recent work, we demonstrated the production and suitability of three-dimensional (3-D) spacer all fibre piezoelectric textiles for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy for wearable and technical applications. The current work investigates the textile performance properties of these 3-D piezoelectric fabrics including porosity, air permeability, water vapour transmission and bursting strength. Furthermore, as these textiles are intended for wearable applications, we have assessed their wear abrasion and consequently provide surface resistance measurements which can affect the lifetime and efficiency of charge collection in the piezoelectric textile structures. The results show that the novel smart fabric with a measured porosity of 68% had good air (1855l/m(2)/s) and water vapour permeability (1.34g/m(2)/day) values, good wear abrasion resistance over 60,000 rotations applied by a load of 12kPa and bursting strength higher than 2400kPa. Moreover, the antibacterial activity of 3-D piezoelectric fabrics revealed that owing to the use of Ag/PA66 yarns, the textiles exhibit excellent antibacterial activity against not only Gram-negative bacteria E. coli but they are also capable of killing antibiotic methicillin-resistant bacteria S. aureus.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Piezoelectric, spacer fabric, properties, Comfort Properties, Technology, Textiles
Kaynak
Journal of the Textile Institute
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Q2
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Q2
Cilt
109
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12
