Polymer-Based Wearable Technologies
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2021) | Viewed by 7407
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Wearable technologies have brought great benefits to people's lives and work, by enhancing and extending the abilities of the user, such as protective function, environmental awareness, wearable interaction, health condition monitoring, etc. Today, wearable technologies are moving toward flexibility, intelligence, comfort and miniaturization, which relies more on the technological advances in smart and functional polymers, materials, and textiles. In this Special Issue, we aim to collect recent academic achievements in polymers-based wearable technologies, which includes but is not limited to the following topics:
- Functional polymers and materials;
- Wearable fiber, yarn, fabric, garment;
- Wearable electronics and photonics;
- Flexible sensors and actuators;
- Wearable energy harvesters and storage devices;
- Personal protectors;
- Comfort regulating;
- Wearable interactive technology;
- Health monitoring.
Dr. Bingang Xu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymers fibers
- yarns
- fabrics
- garments sensors
- actuators electronics
- photonics energy harvesting
- storage
- wearable protection
- comfort
- wearable technologies
- human interaction
- health monitoring
