The aim of this project, carried out in close collaboration with the Department of Physics and Astronomy (Unibo), is the creation of wearable sensors on a textile substrate, or a flexible plastic support, which can be easily integrated into everyday objects, such as, for example, clothing, clothing and sports accessories or dressings. Thanks to the development and widespread diffusion of the internet, the use of non-invasive wearable sensors allows the collection and processing of a large amount of physiological data and data from the surrounding environment, with important effects in areas ranging from medical applications to sport. The sensors are made on fabrics or flexible plastic supports made conductive thanks to an ink based on a conductive polymer, PEDOT:PSS, which, being light and flexible, allows for sensory characteristics, to the touch, similar to those of the fabrics on which it is deposited. The sensors are obtained by chemically modifying PEDOT:PSS to make it selectively sensitive to specific chemical compounds or electrical stimuli for the manufacture, for example, of ECG electrodes.
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Heads of the Industrial Chemistry department
Prof. Erika Scavetta, Dr. Isacco Gualandi
Personnel involved:
Prof. Domenica Tonelli, Dr. Federica Mariani, Dr. Ciro Polizzi
Collaborations:
The research project is carried out in close collaboration with the research group of Prof. Beatrice Fraboni of the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Bologna (https://site.unibo.it/semiconductor-physics/en/research/ smart electronic textiles).
Funding:
The research activity is financed by competitive research projects and collaboration contracts with companies:
PON TEX-STYLE - New intelligent and sustainable multi-sectoral fabrics for creative design and made in Italy style (120,000 € for Unibo - Scientific director for Unibo Prof. Beatrice Fraboni - Director for the Industrial Chemistry department: Prof. Erika Scavetta, Personnel involved: Dr. Isacco Gualandi)
Poc – University proof of concept awarded for the development of the patent ORGANIC ELECTROCHEMICAL TRANSISTOR BASED ON CONDUCTIVE POLYMER AND HALOGENIDE NANOPARTICLES OF Ag, AgX (X = Cl, I, Br) AS A CHEMICAL SENSOR (22500 €, Scientific director: Prof. Erika Scavetta, Personnel involved: Prof. Beatrice Fraboni, Dr. Isacco Gualandi)
Research contract with Plastod S.P.A. as part of the POSFER Emilia Romagna project (40,000 € for unibo, Scientific coordinators for Unibo: Prof.ssa Erika Scavetta, Prof.ssa Beatrice Fraboni, Dr. Isacco Gualandi)
Research contracts with ACCYOURAYE and Lets wearable solution for the optimization of textile electrodes for ECG (Total funding to Chem. Ind. 50000 €; Scientific managers for Unibo: Prof.ssa Erika Scavetta, Dr. Isacco Gualandi; the research activity was developed in collaboration with the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Bologna, Prof.ssa Beatrice Fraboni, and the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Cagliari, prof.ssa Annalisa Bonfiglio)