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Wilson College of Textiles 
Self-Monitoring, Adaptive and Responsive Textiles

Publications

HIghly cited works

Dielectric Elastomers as Next-Generation Polymeric Actuators

R. Shankar, T. K. Ghosh, R. J. Spontak

Due to their versatile properties, robust behavior, facile processability and low cost, organic polymers have become the material of choice for an increasing number of mature and cutting-edge technologies. In the last decade or so, a new class of polymers capable of responding to external electrical stimulation by displaying significant size or shape change has emerged.

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Electroactive Nanostructured Polymers as Tunable Actuators

R. Shankar, T. K. Ghosh, R. J. Spontak

Lightweight and conformable electroactive actuators stimulated by low electric fields are required for emerging responsive technologies. In this work, we demonstrate that selectively swollen triblock copolymers yield electroactive nanostructured polymers (ENPs) that exhibit excellent displacement (>200% areal strain) under an applied electric field.

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Biomimicry in Textiles: Past, Present and Potential. An Overview

L. Eadie, T. K. Ghosh

The natural world around us provides excellent examples of functional systems built with a handful of materials. Throughout the millennia, nature has evolved to adapt and develop highly sophisticated methods to solve problems. There are numerous examples of functional surfaces, fibrous structures, structural colours, self-healing, thermal insulation, etc., which offer important lessons for the textile products of the future.

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Selected Publications

A full list of publications can be accessed here.

Publication Title Publication CitationYear Published
Soft Functionally Gradient Materials and Structures – Natural and Manmade: A ReviewPragya, Akanksha, and Tushar K. Ghosh. “Soft Functionally Gradient Materials and Structures–Natural and Manmade: A Review.” Advanced Materials (2023): 2300912.2023
Sensors and actuators for textiles: from materials to applicationsPragya, A., Chatterjee, K., & Ghosh, T. K. (2023). 12 Sensors and actuators2023
Bioinspired Structures for Soft ActuatorsWei, Shuzhen, and Tushar K. Ghosh. “Bioinspired structures for soft actuators.” Advanced Materials Technologies 7.10 (2022): 2101521.2022
In-plane Thermoelectric Properties of Flexible and Room Temperature Processable Doped Carbon Nanotube FilmsChatterjee, K.; Negi, A.; Kim, K. H.; Liu, J.; Ghosh, T. K. In-Plane Thermoelectric Properties of Flexible and Room Temperature Processable Doped Carbon Nanotube Films. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00995.2020
Fully‐Textile Seam‐Line Sensors for Facile Textile Integration and Tunable Multi‐Modal Sensing of Pressure, Humidity, and WetnessAgcayazi, T.; Tabor, J.; McKnight, M.; Martin, I.; Ghosh, T. K.; Bozkurt, A. Fully-Textile Seam-Line Sensors for Facile Textile Integration and Tunable Multi-Modal Sensing of Pressure, Humidity, and Wetness. Advanced Materials Technologies 2020, 2000155. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202000155.
2020
Smart Textile‐Based Personal Thermal Comfort Systems: Current Status and Potential SolutionsTabor, J.; Chatterjee, K.; Ghosh, T. K. Smart Textile-Based Personal Thermal Comfort Systems: Current Status and Potential Solutions. Adv Mater Technol 2020, 5 (5), 1901155. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201901155.2020
Fully-Textile Insole Seam-Line for Multi-Modal Sensor MappingMcknight, M.; Tabor, J.; Agcayazi, T.; Fleming, A.; Ghosh, T.; Huang, H.; Bozkurt, A. Fully-Textile Insole Seam-Line for Multi-Modal Sensor Mapping. IEEE Sensors Journal 2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.2990627.
2020
Fiber-Based Sensors and ActuatorsFang, X.; Chatterjee, K.; Kapoor, A.; Ghosh, T. Fiber-Based Sensors and Actuators. In Handbook of Fibrous Materials; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2020; Vol. Volume 2, pp 681–720. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527342587.ch25.
Form-Stable Phase-Change Elastomer Gels Derived from Thermoplastic Elastomer Copolyesters Swollen with Fatty AcidsArmstrong, D. P.; Chatterjee, K.; Ghosh, T. K.; Spontak, R. J. Form-Stable Phase-Change Elastomer Gels Derived from Thermoplastic Elastomer Copolyesters Swollen with Fatty Acids. Thermochimica Acta 2020, 178566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2020.178566.2020
3D Printing of Textiles: Potential Roadmap to Printing with FibersChatterjee, K.; Ghosh, T. K. 3D Printing of Textiles: Potential Roadmap to Printing with Fibers. Adv Mater 2019, 32 (4), 1902086. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201902086.2019
Electrically Conductive Coatings for Fiber-Based E-TextilesChatterjee, K.; Tabor, J.; Ghosh, T. K. Electrically Conductive Coatings for Fiber-Based E-Textiles. Fibers 2019, 7 (6), 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/fib7060051.2019
Bioinspired Bistable Soft ActuatorsWei, S.; Shao, H.; Ghosh, T. K. Bioinspired Bistable Soft Actuators. In Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXI; International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2019; Vol. 10966, p 1096629. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2522123.2019
Building and Construction TextilesTabor, J.; Ghosh, T. Building and Construction Textiles. In High Performance Technical Textiles; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2019; pp 319–352. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119325062.ch11.2019
Toward Fully Manufacturable, Fiber Assembly–Based Concurrent Multimodal and Multifunctional Sensors for E‐TextilesKapoor, A.; McKnight, M.; Chatterjee, K.; Agcayazi, T.; Kausche, H.; Bozkurt, A.; Ghosh, T. K. Toward Fully Manufacturable, Fiber Assembly–Based Concurrent Multimodal and Multifunctional Sensors for E‐Textiles. Advanced Materials Technologies 2019, 4 (1800281), 1800281.2019
A Wetness Detection Technique Towards Scalable, Array-Based, Fully-Textile SensingWhite, R.; McKnight, M.; Tabor, J.; Ghosh, T.; Agcayazi, T.; Bozkurt, A. A Wetness Detection Technique Towards Scalable, Array-Based, Fully-Textile Sensing. In 2018 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS); 2018; pp 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIOCAS.2018.8584799.2018
Bioinspired Electrically Activated Soft Bistable ActuatorsShao, H.; Wei, S.; Jiang, X.; Holmes, D. P.; Ghosh, T. K. Bioinspired Electrically Activated Soft Bistable Actuators. Advanced Functional Materials 2018, 28 (35), 1802999. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201802999.2018
Snapping of Bistable, Prestressed Cylindrical ShellsJiang, X.; Pezzulla, M.; Shao, H.; Ghosh, T. K.; Holmes, D. P. Snapping of Bistable, Prestressed Cylindrical Shells. EPL 2018, 122 (6), 64003. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/122/64003.2018
Flexible Interconnects for Electronic TextilesAgcayazi, T.; Chatterjee, K.; Bozkurt, A.; Ghosh, T. K. Flexible Interconnects for Electronic Textiles. Advanced Materials Technologies 2018, 1700277. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201700277.2018
Influence of Fiber Characteristics on Directed Electroactuation of Anisotropic Dielectric Electroactive Polymers with TunabilitySubramani, K. B.; Spontak, R. J.; Ghosh, T. K. Influence of Fiber Characteristics on Directed Electroactuation of Anisotropic Dielectric Electroactive Polymers with Tunability. Composites Science and Technology 2018, 154, 187–193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2017.11.014.2018
Enhanced Anisotropic Response of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Microcombed and Etched Carbon Nanotube Sheet ElectrodesFang, X.; Li, A.; Yildiz, O.; Shao, H.; Bradford, P. D.; Ghosh, T. K. Enhanced Anisotropic Response of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Microcombed and Etched Carbon Nanotube Sheet Electrodes. Carbon 2017, 120, 366–373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.05.067.2017
Soft, Flexible 3D Printed Fibers for Capacitive Tactile SensingKapoor, A.; McKnight, M.; Chatterjee, K.; Agcayazi, T.; Kausche, H.; Ghosh, T.; Bozkurt, A. Soft, Flexible 3D Printed Fibers for Capacitive Tactile Sensing. In 2016 IEEE Sensors; IEEE: Orlando, FL, USA, 2016; pp 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808918.
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