Rapid Copper Metallization of Textile Materials: a Controlled Two-Step Route to Achieve User-Defined Patterns under Ambient Conditions.

摘要: Throughout history earth-abundant copper has been incorporated into textiles and it still caters to various needs in modern society. In this paper, we present a two-step metallization strategy realize sequentially nondiffusive copper(II) patterning rapid deposition on textile materials, including cotton, polyester, nylon, their mixtures. A new, cost-effective formulation is designed minimize the pattern migration achieve user-defined patterns. The metallized found be very adhesive stable against washing oxidation. Furthermore, copper-metallized exhibits excellent electrical conductivity that ∼3 times better than of stainless steel also inhibits growth bacteria effectively. This new approach holds great promise as commercially viable method metallize an insulating textile, opening up research avenues for wearable electronics functional garments.