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Skin Health Monitoring Sensor on Textiles: Incorporation of pH Responsive Dyes on Polyethylene and Polypropylene Nonwovens
University of Borås, Faculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2412-9004
2016 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Incontinence diapers or disposable absorbent pads provide essential help to people having such a physical difficulty. However, during prolonged used of these products in daily life, the skin inside pad area may get fragile and damaged which are difficult to recover in old ages. Therefore a skin friendly sensor can be added to the inner layer of pad that would monitor the skin condition and signal any abnormalities to the wearer. Smart materials which can change color upon variation of skin pH were incorporated with synthetic nonwoven layers of the pad. Among various incorporation methods of these materials, ‘sol-gel’ coating technique was found to be successfulfor applications on optical sensor and on fewother fabric types. Thus ‘sol-gel’ method with modified recipe for different dye and chemical combinations were experimented in this project.Several developed samples showed color change (e.g. yellow to red) that can be easily detected by wearers’ eyes.Additionally, the methods and materials involved showed no adverse effect on health and environment. Thus this study succeeds to provide with a mean for skin health monitor based on nonwoven textiles by incorporation of color changing materials.

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2016.
Keywords [en]
Skin health, Absorbent pad, Smart responsive materials, Textile sensors, chromic materials, pH indicator, Halochromic dyes, Sol-gel coating, TEOS, GPTMS, PET, PP, and Nonwovens
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Engineering and Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-10347OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-10347DiVA, id: diva2:946957
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Textilteknologi
Available from: 2023-01-31 Created: 2016-07-06 Last updated: 2023-01-31Bibliographically approved

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