Can I Wash It? : The Effect of Washing Conductive Materials Used in Making Textile Based Wearable Electronic Interfaces

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2013Author
Zeagler, Clint
Gilliland, Scott
Audy, Stephen
Starner, Thad
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In this paper we explore the wash-ability of conductive
materials commonly use in creating traces and touch
sensors in wearable electronic textile systems. We
performed a wash test measuring change in resistivity of
conductive traces constructed using different combinations
of conductive materials after each wash cycle.