By Katherine Bourzac

Electronic Textiles Being Made

Textiles coated with carbon nanotubes form electronic sensors that look and feel like ordinary cotton.

The process starts with ordinary cotton thread and an ethanol-based solution of carbon nanotubes and the polymer Nafion.

Credit: Fabrizio Costantini

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jschuman

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  • 995 Days Ago
  • 05/24/2009

Use?

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Joro 05

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  • 993 Days Ago
  • 05/26/2009

Re: Use?

To built flexible keyboards for sample, device which could be together keybod or display and case, for smart sporweats, snikers, etc.

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