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  • Materials Science
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Textile Engineering

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  • Developing integrated sensing systems for textiles is crucial for real-time environmental monitoring.
  • Optically responsive dyes offer potential for colorimetric detection of analytes.
  • Stable dye entrapment on fabric substrates remains a challenge for wearable applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To create a stable, washable thread-based sensor for detecting specific gas analytes.
  • To demonstrate the feasibility of using smartphone-based optical analysis for sensing.
  • To advance the development of smart textiles for integrated detection systems.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of threads with entrapped optically responsive dyes: 5,10,15,20-Tetraphenyl-21H,23H-porphine manganese(III) chloride (MnTPP), methyl red (MR), and bromothymol blue (BTB).
  • Utilizing a smartphone to capture images and analyze changes in RGB color channels for analyte detection.
  • Testing the sensing capabilities for ammonia and hydrogen chloride vapors and dissolved ammonia gas.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated successful sensing of 50-1000 ppm of ammonia and hydrogen chloride vapors.
  • Confirmed sensing of dissolved ammonia gas.
  • Showcased sensor stability over time and under agitation (centrifuge test), attributed to a dual-step fabrication process.

Conclusions:

  • A facile fabrication method for stable, colorimetric gas-sensing washable threads was developed.
  • The proposed optical sensing approach using smartphone analysis is effective for detecting common chemical vapors.
  • These washable sensing threads represent a significant step towards next-generation smart textiles and intelligent clothing.