Graphene Enabled Digital Textile Interface

Textile is the natural interface coating the average human appr. 95% of lifetime and beyond. Ability to read and deliver electrical signals to human skin would enable constant human-machine interaction as a part of future digital world. So far, textile conductivity was realized either by incorporation of conductive threads during manufacturing or via applying a conductive paint onto its surface after manufacturing. We have developed a method for fabrication of electrically active fabric via coating the textile fibres on the nanoscale level. Upon adding 2gr/sqm of graphene, the textile becomes conductive, but preserves its original properties – softness and permeability. Such lightweight, flexible and breathable textiles can enable the future digital textile interfaces for human-machine interaction.