Knitted Fabrics Made from Highly Conductive Stretchable\nFibers

Abstract

We\nreport knitted fabrics made from highly conductive stretchable\nfibers. The maximum initial conductivity of fibers synthesized by\nwet spinning was 17460 S cm^–1 with a rupture tensile\nstrain of 50%. The maximum strain could be increased to 490% by decreasing\nthe conductivity to 236 S cm^–1. The knitted fabric\nwas mechanically and electrically reversible up to 100% tensile strain\nwhen coated by poly­(dimethylsiloxane). The normalized resistance of\nthe poly­(dimethylsiloxane)-coated fabric decreased to 0.65 at 100%\nstrain.