Washability of e-textiles: current testing practices and the need for standardization
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Washability is seen as one of the main obstacles that stands in the way of a wider market success of e-textile products. So far, there are no standardized methods for wash testing of e-textiles and no protocols to comparably assess the washability of tested products. Thus, different e-textiles that are deemed equally washable by their developers might present with very different ranges of reliability after repeated washing. This paper presents research into current test practices in the absence of e-textile-specific standards. Different testing methods are compared and evaluated and the need for standardized testing, giving e-textile developers the tools to comparably communicate and evaluate their products’ washability, is emphasized.
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OpenAlex topics: Interactive and Immersive Displays · Green IT and Sustainability · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
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Technische Universität Berlin, Forschungsschwerpunkt Technologien der Mikroperipherik, Berlin, Germany
Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM, Berlin, Germany
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