Conductive Cellulose Thread Shows Promise for Healthcare Applications

“Miniature, wearable, electronic gadgets are ever more common in our daily lives. But currently, they are often dependent on rare, or in some cases toxic, materials. They are also leading to a gradual buildup of great mountains of electronic waste. There is a real need for organic, renewable materials for use in electronic textiles,” said Sozan Darabi, doctoral student in the department of chemistry and chemical engineering at Chalmers University of Technology and the Wallenberg Wood Science Center, and lead author of a scientific article recently published in ASC Applied Materials & Interfaces.