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Research project

Advanced e-textiles for wearable therapeutics

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Kai Yang

Professor

Research interests

  • Electronic textile materials and manufacturing
  • Wearable medical devices (e.g. stroke rehabilitation, pain management)
  • Digital healthcare
Connect with Kai

Email: ky2e09@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Centre for Flexible Electronics and E-Textiles (C-FLEET)

The Centre for Flexible Electronics and E-Textiles (C-FLEET) is a centre of expertise for flexible smart materials, printed electronics and electronic textile technologies. We work with industry, policy makers, and the general public to address both national and global challenges.

Smart Electronic Materials and Systems

Our interests range from nano-scale biological sensors to complete sensor systems.

Research outputs

Evaluation of a spring-finger based, magnetic connector concept for reliable e-textile interconnects
Thomas Alastair Greig, Kai Yang & Russel Torah, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 12(10), 1723-1725
DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2022.3209591
Type: article
An all dispenser printed electrode structure on textile for wearable healthcare
Meijing Liu, Zeeshan Ahmed, Neil Grabham, Stephen Beeby, John Tudor & Kai Yang, 2022, Engineering Proceedings, 15(1)
DOI: 10.3390/engproc2022015016
Type: article
Development of a screen printable carbon paste to achieve washable conductive textiles
Sheng Yong, Meijing Liu, Abiodun Komolafe, Michael Tudor & Kai Yang, 2021
DOI: 10.3390/textiles1030022
Type: conference
Fully printed wearable electrode textile for electrotherapy application
Meijing Liu, Monika Glanc-Gostkiewicz, Stephen Beeby & Kai Yang, 2021
DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2021068012
Type: conference
Integration and testing of a three-axis accelerometer in a woven e-textile sleeve for wearable movement monitoring
Menglong Li, Russel Torah, Helga Nunes Matos, Yang Wei, Stephen Beeby, Michael Tudor & Kai Yang, 2020, Sensors, 20(18), 1-15
DOI: 10.3390/s20185033
Type: article