Research project

Advanced e-textiles for wearable therapeutics

Research groups:

Smart Electronic Materials and Systems
Lead researcher:

Professor Kai Yang
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

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

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

Electrode for wearable electrotherapy

Meijing Liu, Stephen Beeby & Kai Yang, 2019, Proceedings, 32(1)

DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2019032005

Type: article

Electronic textiles based wearable electrotherapy for pain relief

Meijing Liu, Tyler Ward, Dan Young, Helga Matos, Yang Wei, Joanna Adams & Kai Yang, 2019, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 303

DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2019.111701

Type: article

Wearable electrical stimulation to improve lymphatic function

Wei Yang, Kai Yang, Martin Browne, Luciana Bostan & Peter Worsley, 2019, IEEE Sensor Letters, 3(2)

DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2019.2893478

Type: article