Liquid metal stretchable circuit wearable smart clothing passes high-performance washing test
Recently, Liquid Wire Inc. announced that its stretchable circuit has passed the strict cleaning tests required by high-performance apparel manufacturers.
Liquid Wire was established in 2016 in Portland, Oregon, USA, and has established itself as a global leader in the emerging field of flexible and stretchable metal gel circuits. The company uses metal gels based on patented non-toxic gallium alloys modified with proprietary additives to produce advanced fluid circuits on plastic and textile substrates. The final circuit consists of fluid interconnections wrapped in a soft elastic material, thus replicating the mechanical behavior of a moving human body. This allows complex sensing and data processing functions to be directly integrated into comfortable fitting clothing.
The company produces advanced fluid circuits on plastic and textile substrates, using a patented non-toxic gallium alloy-based metal gel and modified with patented additives. The resulting circuit consists of fluid interconnections wrapped in soft elastic materials, replicating the mechanical behavior of a moving human body. This allows complex sensing and data processing functions to be directly integrated into comfortable fitting clothing.
Liquid Wire implements a flexible circuit with dynamic interconnections on a substrate that can flow and stretch while carrying power or high-speed signals. Its proprietary through-hole technology allows multilayer circuits with surface-mounted components to replace traditional printed circuit board (PCB) functions with circuits that can bend, twist and stretch, unlike any other electronic products on the market.
The mission of Liquid Wire is to produce electronic products that can be bent and stretched naturally, while embedding them in functional materials. This also enables medical wearable, safety wear and non-wearable industrial applications in robotics, structural monitoring, automotive and aerospace, etc. Field.
The Portland Metro area has many of the world's leading high-performance clothing, so this is the first vertical market for Liquid Wire technology. In order to join this market, garments using Liquid Wire circuits must withstand the harsh tests of washing and drying, repeated agitation, heating and soaking, and other challenges that few electronic products can withstand.
Liquid Wire Innovation Director Jorge Carbo said: "Through a third-party validated washing trial program in collaboration with Hohenstein textile experts, we are very pleased to fulfill this commitment to make our invisible integrated electronics the next generation of clothing that customers can trust. We The metal gel sensor is born to measure respiration and joint flexion. Temperature, heart rate and other biosensor functions can also be embedded in the liquid metal soft circuit."