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dc.contributor.authorWicaksono, Irmandy
dc.contributor.authorMaheshwari, Aditi
dc.contributor.authorHaddad, Don Derek
dc.contributor.authorParadiso, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorDanielescu, Andreea
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-06T16:32:43Z
dc.date.available2024-06-06T16:32:43Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-13
dc.identifier.issn2474-9567
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/155206
dc.description.abstractThe merging of electronic materials and textiles has triggered the proliferation of wearables and interactive surfaces in the ubiquitous computing era. However, this leads to e-textile waste that is difficult to recycle and decompose. Instead, we demonstrate an eco-design approach to upcycle waste cotton fabrics into functional textile elements through carbonization without the need for additional materials. We identify optimal parameters for the carbonization process and develop encapsulation techniques to improve the response, durability, and washability of the carbonized textiles. We then configure these e-textiles into various ‘design primitives’ including sensors, interconnects, and heating elements, and evaluate their electromechanical properties against commercially available e-textiles. Using these primitives, we demonstrate several applications, including a haptic-transfer fabric, a joint-sensing wearable, and an intelligent sailcloth. Finally, we highlight how the sensors can be composted, re-carbonized, and coated onto other fabrics, or repurposed into different sensors towards their end-of-life to promote a circular manufacturing process.en_US
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machineryen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1145/3659588en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceAssociation for Computing Machineryen_US
dc.titleDesign and Fabrication of Multifunctional E-Textiles by Upcycling Waste Cotton Fabrics through Carbonizationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationWicaksono, Irmandy, Maheshwari, Aditi, Haddad, Don Derek, Paradiso, Joseph and Danielescu, Andreea. 2024. "Design and Fabrication of Multifunctional E-Textiles by Upcycling Waste Cotton Fabrics through Carbonization." Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 8 (2).
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
dc.relation.journalProceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologiesen_US
dc.identifier.mitlicensePUBLISHER_POLICY
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2024-06-01T07:58:20Z
dc.language.rfc3066en
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dspace.date.submission2024-06-01T07:58:21Z
mit.journal.volume8en_US
mit.journal.issue2en_US
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICY
mit.metadata.statusAuthority Work and Publication Information Neededen_US


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