Development of smart textiles with embedded fiber optic chemical sensors

Saif E. Khalil; Jianming Yuan; Mahmoud A. El-Sherif

doi:10.1117/12.515068

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4 March 2004 Development of smart textiles with embedded fiber optic chemical sensors

Saif E. Khalil, Jianming Yuan, Mahmoud A. El-Sherif

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Proceedings Volume 5270, Environmental Monitoring and Remediation III; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.515068
Event: Optical Technologies for Industrial, Environmental, and Biological Sensing, 2003, Providence, RI, United States

Abstract

Smart textiles are defined as textiles capable of monitoring their own health conditions or structural behavior, as well as sensing external environmental conditions. Smart textiles appear to be a future focus of the textile industry. As technology accelerates, textiles are found to be more useful and practical for potential advanced technologies. The majority of textiles are used in the clothing industry, which set up the idea of inventing smart clothes for various applications. Examples of such applications are medical trauma assessment and medical patients monitoring (heart and respiration rates), and environmental monitoring for public safety officials. Fiber optics have played a major role in the development of smart textiles as they have in smart structures in general. Optical fiber integration into textile structures (knitted, woven, and non-woven) is presented, and defines the proper methodology for the manufacturing of smart textiles. Samples of fabrics with integrated optical fibers were processed and tested for optical signal transmission. This was done in order to investigate the effect of textile production procedures on optical fiber performance. The tests proved the effectiveness of the developed methodology for integration of optical fibers without changing their optical performance or structural integrity.

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Saif E. Khalil, Jianming Yuan, and Mahmoud A. El-Sherif "Development of smart textiles with embedded fiber optic chemical sensors", Proc. SPIE 5270, Environmental Monitoring and Remediation III, (4 March 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.515068

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