Research teams from UWE Bristol and University of Southampton have engineered electronic textiles (e-textiles) that decompose naturally while maintaining medical-grade monitoring capabilities. The Smart, Wearable, and Eco-friendly Electronic Textiles (SWEET) project, published in Energy and Environmental Materials, addresses mounting concerns about electronic waste in textiles – a sector generating 92 million tons of waste annually according to a report by Global Fashion Agenda.  The e-textiles feature precision-engineered trilayer architecture: a Tencel lyocell base fabric manufactured from dissolved wood pulp cellulose, a sensing layer incorporating graphene-enhanced conductive polymers, and an interface layer joining these components. The active electronics use graphene combined … Continue reading Biodegradable E-Textiles Revolutionize Health Monitoring While Cutting Environmental Waste