用于基于织物的光通信的二极管纤维
Michael Rein1,2,3, Valentine Dominique Favrod1,4, Chong Hou2,3
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nature
|August 10, 2018
概括
研究人员开发了一种可扩展的热绘制工艺, 这些创新纤维能够实现基于织物的通信和生理监测,为先进的智能织品铺平道路.
科学领域:
- 材料科学
- 电气工程
- 织技术
背景情况:
- 半导体二极管对于现代电子产品至关重要.
- 将二极管集成到织品中提供了通讯和生理监测等高级功能.
- 之前的方法在纤维内生产高质量的半导体二极管时遇到了挑战.
研究的目的:
- 展示一个可扩展的热绘制工艺,用于创建电气连接的二极管纤维.
- 在织纤维中实现高质量的集成半导体二极管.
- 探索这些二极管纤维在智能织品中的应用潜力.
主要方法:
- 用离散的二极管和导电线的空洞通道构建了一个宏观的预成型.
- 使用可扩展的热绘制工艺集成二极管和导电线 (铜或).
- 制造了两种类型的光纤设备:发光和光检测p-i-n二极管.
主要成果:
- 实现了与数百个二极管并行连接的可扩展二极管纤维的生产.
- 具有光发射和光检测能力的实验室内光纤设备.
- 展示了功能应用,包括3MHz双向光通信链路和心率监测,具有超过10个洗机周期的耐用性.
结论:
- 开发的热绘制工艺可以制造高质量的功能性二极管纤维,适合于织物整合.
- 这些二极管纤维为通讯,传感和生理监测提供了先进智能织品的途径.
- 该方法为纤维提供了潜在的"摩尔定律"类比,增加了织应用中的设备密度和功能.
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