Thermal radiation properties of highly-stretchable printable heater

Abstract

Recently, researches and developments of printable heaters having high stretchability and flexibility are advanced. Such heaters are easy to incorporate into clothing and so on, and because they also fit threedimensional curved surfaces, it is expected to be used for wearable devices. Thermal radiation properties is needed for infrared thermography, which is frequently used for the measurement of the temperature distribution of the heaters. Thus, this study reports the result of measuring the emittance when stretching a prototype highly-stretchable heater.