Table 1.
Summary of e-textile physical sensors including the sensor type, material, fabrication method, and washability
| Sensor type | Material | Fabrication | Washability | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure | eGaIn + PDMS + fabric | Microfiber fabrication | Yes | (Yu et al., 2018) |
| MoS2 + Carbon + silk | Coating | (Lu et al., 2020) | ||
| Graphene + Polymer + Cu particles | Printing and dyeing | Yes | (Hu et al., 2020b) | |
| Mxene + cotton + PI tape | Dip coating | (Li et al., 2019) | ||
| AgNW + cotton | Dip coating | Yes | (Lian et al., 2020) | |
| Cu-PAN yarn + parylene-Cu-PAN yarn | Coating + weaving | Yes | (Zhao et al., 2020b) | |
| Strain | eGaIn + PDMS + fabric | Microfiber fabrication | Yes | (Yu et al., 2019) |
| Carbon + silk | Coating | Yes | (Wang et al., 2016) | |
| Pen ink + Cupra fabric (CF) | Dip coating | Yes | (Bi et al., 2018) | |
| rGO + nylon/PU fabric, | Dip coating | Yes | (Cai et al., 2017) | |
| CNT + cotton | Dip coating | Yes | (Yang et al., 2018a) | |
| Carbonic pigment ink + Polyamide fabrics | Dip coating | Yes | (Yang et al., 2020) | |
| rGO + textile | Dying | Yes | (Yang et al., 2018b) | |
| Conductive yarn + textile | Weaving | (Park et al., 2019) | ||
| Moisture | Copper wire + yarn | Wrapping | (Ma et al., 2019) | |
| Silk | Twisting | (Jia et al., 2019) | ||
| Moisture thermal | Hydrophilic polymer + hydrophobic polymer | Polymer Coating | (Wang et al., 2020b) | |
| Temperature pressure | Ecoflex + silk + CNT + [EMIM]Tf2N + polyester fibers | Encapsulating | (Wu et al., 2019) | |
| Temperature | Graphene + polypropylene textile | CVD | (Rajan et al., 2020) | |
| Light | WS2 quantum dots + rGO | Chemical coating | (Abid et al., 2020) |