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Resistance variation of conductive ink applied by screen print technique on different substrates
| Summary: | This work studied the behaviour of two conductive inks, applied by conventional screen print method, on four different textile substrates, 100% cotton, 50% cotton 50% polyester, 100% polyester and 100% polyamide. The inks were also applied on a multifibre fabric. Atmospheric plasma treatment was applied in order to improve the adhesion on the samples [1], and the resistance values were compared with non-treated samples on the different fibres. The values were measured before and after cleaning and washing tests performed to simulate home treatment for garments, in order to predict the behaviour of the inks after the normal usage of the fabrics. Comfort properties like stiffness of the fabrics were also evaluated after 5 and 10 washing cycles. |
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| Main Authors: | Gomes, Pedro |
| Other Authors: | Tama, Derya; Carvalho, Helder; Souto, A. Pedro |
| Subject: | Conductive ink Smart Garments Screen Print Washing Fastness Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia dos Materiais Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Química |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | conference paper |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Universidade do Minho |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Summary: | This work studied the behaviour of two conductive inks, applied by conventional screen print method, on four different textile substrates, 100% cotton, 50% cotton 50% polyester, 100% polyester and 100% polyamide. The inks were also applied on a multifibre fabric. Atmospheric plasma treatment was applied in order to improve the adhesion on the samples [1], and the resistance values were compared with non-treated samples on the different fibres. The values were measured before and after cleaning and washing tests performed to simulate home treatment for garments, in order to predict the behaviour of the inks after the normal usage of the fabrics. Comfort properties like stiffness of the fabrics were also evaluated after 5 and 10 washing cycles. |
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