All elements mentioned in the summary section have been developed as follows and matured to a readiness level compatible with large-scale industrial manufacturing.
In materials
(1) Stretchable/conductive nano-composites fibre for electrodes application
(2) Semiconducting materials for high mobility channel for fibre-field effect transistor
(3) Cd-free Quantum dot materials for fibre quantum dot LED
(4) Piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting fibre and high capacitive materials for energy storage fibre
(5) Capacitive/resistive physical/chemical sensing fibre material
(6) Conductive and non-conductive adhesive materials for interconnection between functional devices
At the components technology,
(1) high-performance polymer composite materials-based conductive and piezoelectric fibres by co-extrusion of polymer and conductive filler (F-SE, F-Sensor)
(2) Integration of new fibre-based transistor structures for active matrix circuit (F-FET)
(3) Electroluminescent fibres by multi-layered light emitting device structure, consisting of organic, inorganic light emitting materials (F-LED)
(4) Piezoelectric fibres, including demonstration of PVDF, VDF-TrFE polymers, fabricated by coaxial extrusion (F-Energy)
(5) Fibre-based supercapacitors for energy storage (F-Energy)
At the fibre processing and weaving/knitting for system integration
(1) Several approaches to protect F-components have been developed, increasing reliability and yield of industrial-scale textile manufacturing.
(2) Multiple fibre-components were integrated into a single textile by conventional weaving and knitting techniques
(3) A viable strategy to the electrical connection among F-components using welding/soldering/glueing with optical recognition system has been successfully developed and used for demonstration sample preparation.
(4) Adhesive /encapsulation materials were standardised by optimization of interconnection technology.
To build a system production platform,
(1) Integration of multiple fibre-components into smart textiles to obtain active photonic and smart energy textiles has been demonstrated.
(1) A prototype of F-LEDs in large area display system together with F-SE, F-FET, F-Energy, and F-Sensor components.
(2) System integration of F-components by interconnection technology of novel interconnection methods.
(3) Integration of different type of scalable F-Sensors into smart textiles has been achieved.
Modelling and simulation,
(1) Functional materials have been optimised based on multi-scale modelling and simulation work.
(2) Atomistic level of modelling of all materials was categorised and summarised by DFT simulation, followed by scientific publications.
(3) Novel graphical and mathematical tools for stretchable fibres, sensors, and light emitting devices have been developed and the results compared with experimental results, and reported in scientific publications.
(4) The critical parameters have been extracted for use in design and accurate simulation work.
(5) Novel computer-aided design (CAD) tools for fibre-based components, with arbitrary form factor, have been developed and are available to users via the industrial partner Silvaco.
To analyse safety and to build standardization,
(1) Safety: evaluation of materials and processes with direct links to WP1 & WP2 selected compounds and fibre-manufacturing processes.
(2) Standardization: the consortium has actively promoted the development of existing and new standardization committees relevant to the project technologies.
