TY  - JOUR
TI  - Development and characterisation of conductive knitted fabrics as humidity sensors for automatic hemostasis detection
AU  - Visileanu, Emilia
AU  - Ene, Alexandra Gabriela
AU  - Radulescu, Razvan
AU  - Dondea, Felicia
AU  - Dinca, Laurentiu
AU  - Salistean, Adrian
T2  - Industria Textila
AB  - Conductive knitted fabrics can function as humidity sensors, detecting the presence of liquids on their surface through
changes in electrical resistance. This property can be leveraged for automatic hemostasis systems, where the detection
of blood at a wound site triggers real-time intervention. In this study, conductive yarns including Shieldex (Statex: 60-
440 W/m), AgSiS (Lib-40: 5 W/m), and stainless steel (60 W/m) were integrated into knitted fabrics using a Shima Seiki
machine. The fabrics were characterised for mechanical strength, abrasion resistance (1,000 and 5,000 cycles),
washing durability (1 and 5 cycles), and resistance to acidic and alkaline perspiration. Electrical resistance was
measured under exposure to four aqueous media simulating physiological and wound conditions: deionised water (pH 6,
244 mS/cm), acidic perspiration (pH 5.5, 10.73 mS/cm), alkaline perspiration (pH 8, 11.35 mS/cm), and 20% saline
solution (pH 5.0, 9.5 mS/cm). Morphological and compositional analyses were conducted using SEM, EDX, and FTIR
spectroscopy. The results demonstrated that all fabrics exhibited measurable and repeatable resistance variations, with
the strongest response observed for the 20% saline solution and Lib-40 conductive yarn, highlighting their potential as
humidity sensors for real-time detection of bleeding events in automatic hemostasis systems.
DA  - 2025/12/22/
PY  - 2025
DO  - 10.35530/IT.076.06.202536
DP  - DOI.org (Crossref)
VL  - 76
IS  - 06
SP  - 739
SN  - 1222-5347
UR  - https://revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2025/6/001%20EMILIA%20VISILEANU%20_%20INDUSTRIA%20TEXTILA%20no.6_2025.pdf
Y2  - 2025/12/30/18:38:46
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