Conductive ink for electronic apparel developed

A new ink has been developed by researchers from University of Tokyo which can be printed on textiles to form highly conductive and stretchable connections. Current printed electronics like LED’s, transistors, and solar panels can be printed on plastic or paper substrates, but these substrates tend to be hard or rigid whereas this new ink would help making the wearable devices fit themselves to the human body. Comprising of silver flakes, organic solvent, fluorine rubber and fluorine surfactant, this ink can be patterned in a single step. This ink will help incorporating sensing devices for measuring a range of biological indicators such as heart rate and muscle contraction in apparel categories such as sportswear and underwear.