Patterned conductive textiles
First Claim
1. A material comprising of fabric having an area of high conductivity, where the conductivity has been enhanced by a conductive polymer film having been deposited thereon, the conductive polymer film in the area of high conductivity is coated with a second film which is resistant to a chemical etching agent capable of degrading the conductive polymer, the fabric further having an area of low conductivity, which has not been coated with the second film, and where the conductivity is less than the area of high conductivity.
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Abstract
A patterned conductive textile is provided by depositing a conductive polymer film on the fabric to provide a resistivity of 1000 ohms per square or less, coating selected areas of the fabric with a protective film, to protect the conductive polymer from a chemical etching agent, to provide an oxygen barrier and to retain areas of high conductivity, applying a chemical etching agent to the fabric thereby degrading the conductive polymer film on areas of the fabric which have not been coated with the protective film and create areas of low conductivity and rinsing the fabric to remove any residual etching agent.
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- 1. A material comprising of fabric having an area of high conductivity, where the conductivity has been enhanced by a conductive polymer film having been deposited thereon, the conductive polymer film in the area of high conductivity is coated with a second film which is resistant to a chemical etching agent capable of degrading the conductive polymer, the fabric further having an area of low conductivity, which has not been coated with the second film, and where the conductivity is less than the area of high conductivity.
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12. A fabric having patterned conductivity, obtainable by a process comprising the steps of:
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(a) depositing a conductive polymer film on a fabric; (b) coating selected areas of the fabric of step (a) with a second film, whereby the second film is resistant to a chemical etching agent for the conductive polymer, to retain areas of high conductivity; (c) and applying the chemical etching agent to the fabric of step (b) and degrading the conductive polymer in areas of the fabric which have not been coated with the second film thereby creating areas of low conductivity. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A fabric having patterned conductivity, obtainable by a process comprising the steps of:
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(a) depositing a conductive polypyrrole film on a fabric to provide a resistivity of 500Ω
/square or less;(b) coating selected areas of the fabric of step (a) with a non-conductive protective film, whereby the protective film is an oxygen barrier and is resistant to a chemical etching agent for the polypyrrole film, to retain areas of high conductivity; (c) applying the chemical etching agent to the fabric of step (b) and degrading the polypyrrole film on areas of the fabric which have not been coated with the protective films to create areas of low conductivity; and (d) rinsing the fabric of step (c) to remove residual etching agent. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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