Development of functional knitted fabrics using yarn composed of polypyrrole coated cotton fibers

• Main Authors: Arumugam, Veerakumar, Lunchev, Andrey, Wu, Yingsi, Tok, Alfred Iing Yoong, Lipik, Vitali
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Absorption; Conductivity
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155322
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study aimed at developing a knitted fabric using conductive staple spun yarn composed of polypyrrole coated cotton fibers and characterizing its thermal, optical and electrical properties, hydrophobic behavior as well as mechanical stiffness as a factor of weight percentage in fabrics. FTIR spe...