Research project

Advanced e-textiles for wearable therapeutics

Research groups:

Smart Electronic Materials and Systems

Lead researcher:

Doctor Kai Yang

Research funder:

EPSRC

Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researcher

Doctor Kai Yang

Associate Professor in Textile Design

Research interests

Electronic textile materials and manufacturing
Wearable medical devices (e.g. stroke rehabilitation, pain management)

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