NTU Advanced Textiles

Four peer reviewed proceedings based on work presented by the group at the E-Textiles 2024 conference have recently been published. The articles ‘Vibrotac-Glove: Designing a Novel Haptic Glove as an Assistive Device’, ‘Further Optimization of Solar Electronic Yarns for Developing Large, Stretchable Knitted Textile Solar Panel’, ‘Development and Optimisation of Textile-Based Optical Sensors for Cardiac Health Monitoring’, and ‘Development and Optimisation of Textile-Based Optical Sensors for Cardiac Health Monitoring’ were published as part of the conference’s proceeding on IEEE Xplore, which is available here: https://lnkd.in/ez7V-Rkm

Members of the Advanced Textiles Research Group in collaboration with the School of Science and Technology at Nottingham Trent University, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano have recently published a new article. The paper is entitled 'Submersible touchless interactivity in conformable textiles enabled by highly selective overbraided magnetoresistive sensors' and details the development and application of a magnetic field sensing electronic yarn. The article was published in Communications Engineering and is available here:

Submersible touchless interactivity in conformable textiles enabled by highly selective overbraided magnetoresistive sensors - Communications Engineering The study presents 1D smart e-textiles that incorporate flexible thin film magnetoresistive sensors into the core of a textile braid. It can be bent, crumpled, and even washed, important for touchless interactive interaction.

The Advanced Textiles Research Group, and other staff in the Nottingham School of Art and Design, have published a new research article focussed on the challenges in designing a robust electronic yarn suitable for wearable applications. The article ‘Design considerations for the creation of electronic yarns for wearable health monitoring devices’ was published in ‘The Design Journal’ and is available here:

Design considerations for the creation of electronic yarns for wearable health monitoring devices Textiles with embedded sensing capabilities can be an ideal solution for many health monitoring applications as textiles are comfortable to wear close to the skin. Various integration techniques ha...

Kalana Marasinghe, Research Fellow in Electronic Yarns, is currently attending the innoLAE 2025 conference in Cambridge (UK). Later today he will present his work on ‘Approaches toward the manufacturing of electronic textiles created using electronic yarns.’

A new research article exploring the use of a human centred design approach to develop a fall detection sock for older women has recent been published. The article ‘Using a human centred design approach to develop a fall detection sock for older women’ has been published in the journal Design for Health. Detail are available here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24735132.2025.2454718?src=exp-la&fbclid=IwY2xjawIEZzFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHT9mxYAD2KkTuE1n9B50Ek19aOl2ClJWboj32J7rPMC-rUWvONDMcNkThA_aem_l5HV7UBDXM2e_WCU7skItA

Using a human centred design approach to develop a fall detection sock for older women This work focuses on using a human centred design approach for the creation of electronic textiles with monitoring capabilities for use by older women. This study specifically looked at the creatio...

Members of the Advanced Textiles Research Group have recently presented work in Berlin (Germany) at the ‘6th International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations and Applications in Electronic Textiles (E-textiles 2024)’. The team included Thelge Peiris, Parvin Ebrahimi, Malindu Ehelagasthenna, and Theo Hughes-Riley. A highlight of the conference was Mrs Peiris winning the best student poster award for her work entitled “Development and Optimization of Textile-Based Optical Sensors for Cardiac Health Monitoring”.

ATRG researchers- Richard and Andreea were at the European conference of Thoracic Surgery this week, promoting the next generation of advanced medical models developed at NTU alongside industry partners, Medtronic and Artivion.

The ATRG and other staff in the Nottingham School of Art and Design have published a new research article exploring approaches to evaluate and improve the sustainability of E-textiles. The article, 'Exploring Sustainable Approaches for Electronic Textile Products and Prototypes', details an examination of three commercial products as well as a prototype created using E-yarn technology. Details are available here: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/17/5472

Raphael Kanyire Seidu has been visiting the Advanced Textiles Research Group from Hong Kong Polytechnic University for the past four months. He has been working on completing smart interactive retro-reflective clothing for pedestrians, that he has created as part of his PhD research which are designed to improve the safety of pedestrians when walking at night. More information of his research can be found at: https://www.ippd-sft.com/the-masters-corner/raphael-kanyire-seidu

Congratulations to Dr Zahra Rahemtulla who recently won a Nottingham Trent University Open Research Award for her excellent application of open research practices during her research into developing fall and near-fall detecting E-textiles.

Member of the research team have recently co-authored two review articles with collaborators. The first review entitled “Structural design of light-emitting fibers and fabrics for wearable and smart devices” was published in Science Bulletin in May. The review was co-authored with collaborators from State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials at Donghua University (China). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209592732400392X

A second review, “Fibres—threads of intelligence—enable a new generation of wearable systems” was published this month in Chemical Society Reviews. The review was co-authored with collaborators from State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials at Donghua University and the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/cs/d4cs00286e

Fibres—threads of intelligence—enable a new generation of wearable systems Fabrics represent a unique platform for seamlessly integrating electronics into everyday experiences. The advancements in functionalizing fabrics at both the single fibre level and within constructed fabrics have fundamentally altered their utility. The revolution in materials, structures, and funct...

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