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  • Materials Science
  • Textile Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

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  • Wearable electronics face challenges with sweat accumulation affecting performance and comfort.
  • Existing electronic skins require improved thermal and moisture management for practical use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a skin-comfortable Janus electronic textile with unidirectional liquid transport and passive radiative cooling.
  • To integrate advanced sensing capabilities for reliable physiological signal acquisition.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of the Janus e-textile using laser ablation and plasma treatment of carbon nanotube-doped polydimethylsiloxane.
  • Characterization of the e-textile's conical pore structure, asymmetric wettability, and unidirectional liquid transport.
  • Evaluation of radiative cooling performance and electrical properties under mechanical stress.

Main Results:

  • The Janus e-textile demonstrated effective unidirectional sweat transport, maintaining a dry skin microenvironment.
  • Achieved significant passive radiative cooling, reducing temperature by ~5.0 °C compared to cotton.
  • Exhibited stable resistance changes for accurate strain sensing and reliable electromyography (EMG) signal acquisition.

Conclusions:

  • The developed Janus e-textile offers a pioneering solution for next-generation wearable technologies.
  • Integrates thermal and moisture management with resistive strain sensing and EMG capabilities.
  • Suitable for applications in sports, rehabilitation, and health monitoring.