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Toward sustainable wearable electronic textiles (2022)
Journal Article
Dulal, M., Afroj, S., Ahn, J., Cho, Y., Carr, C., Kim, I. D., & Karim, N. (2023). Toward sustainable wearable electronic textiles. ACS Nano, 16(12), 19755–19788. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c07723

Smart wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) that can detect and differentiate multiple stimuli, while also collecting and storing the diverse array of data signals using highly innovative, multifunctional, and intelligent garments, are of great v... Read More about Toward sustainable wearable electronic textiles.

Bristol print innovators make a strong impression (2022)
Journal Article
Dacey, J. (2022). Bristol print innovators make a strong impression. Physics World,

Co-produced with science journalist Joe McEntee, this short film features interviews with the director of the CFPR, Carinna Parraman, Susanne Klein, Shaila Afroj and Tavs Jorgenson about the curent research into Woodbury-type printing, e-textiles and... Read More about Bristol print innovators make a strong impression.

Highly scalable, sensitive and ultraflexible graphene‐based wearable e‐textiles sensor for bio‐signal detection (2022)
Journal Article
Tan, S., Islam, M. R., Li, H., Fernando, A., Afroj, S., & Karim, N. (2022). Highly scalable, sensitive and ultraflexible graphene‐based wearable e‐textiles sensor for bio‐signal detection. Advanced Sensor Research, 1(1), Article 2200010. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsr.202200010

Abstract: Graphene‐based wearable electronic textiles (e‐textiles) show promise for next‐generation personalized healthcare applications due to their non‐invasive nature. However, the poor performance, less comfort, and higher material cost limit the... Read More about Highly scalable, sensitive and ultraflexible graphene‐based wearable e‐textiles sensor for bio‐signal detection.

Smart electronic textile‐based wearable supercapacitors (2022)
Journal Article
Islam, M. R., Afroj, S., Novoselov, K. S., & Karim, N. (2022). Smart electronic textile‐based wearable supercapacitors. Advanced Science, 9(31), Article 2203856. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202203856

Electronic textiles (e-textiles) have drawn significant attention from the scientific and engineering community as lightweight and comfortable next-generation wearable devices due to their ability to interface with the human body, and continuously mo... Read More about Smart electronic textile‐based wearable supercapacitors.

Mechanical and thermal properties of Graphene nanoplatelets-reinforced recycled polycarbonate composites (2022)
Journal Article
Wijerathne, D., Gong, Y., Afroj, S., Karim, N., & Abeykoon, C. (2023). Mechanical and thermal properties of Graphene nanoplatelets-reinforced recycled polycarbonate composites. International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture, 6(1), 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlmm.2022.09.001

Nanocomposites have received significant interest in recent years, as they offer improved properties compared to conventional materials for various applications. Among many available nanofillers, graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) have shown promising resu... Read More about Mechanical and thermal properties of Graphene nanoplatelets-reinforced recycled polycarbonate composites.

Sustainable fiber‐reinforced composites: A review (2022)
Journal Article
Maiti, S., Islam, M. R., Uddin, M. A., Afroj, S., Eichhorn, S. J., & Karim, N. (2022). Sustainable fiber‐reinforced composites: A review. Advanced Sustainable Systems, 6(11), 2200258. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202200258

Sustainable fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites from renewable and biodegradable fibrous materials and polymer matrices are of great interest, as they can potentially reduce environmental impacts. However, the overall properties of such composi... Read More about Sustainable fiber‐reinforced composites: A review.

Graphene and CNT‐based smart fiber‐reinforced composites: A review (2022)
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Islam, M. H., Afroj, S., Uddin, M. A., Andreeva, D. V., Novoselov, K. S., & Karim, N. (2022). Graphene and CNT‐based smart fiber‐reinforced composites: A review. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(40), 2205723. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202205723

Multifunctional fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites provide an ideal platform for next-generation smart composites applications including structural health monitoring, electrical and thermal conductivity, energy storage and harvesting, and elec... Read More about Graphene and CNT‐based smart fiber‐reinforced composites: A review.

Fully printed and multifunctional graphene-based wearable e-textiles for personalized healthcare applications (2022)
Journal Article
Islam, M. R., Afroj, S., Beach, C., Islam, M. H., Parraman, C., Abdelkader, A., …Karim, N. (2022). Fully printed and multifunctional graphene-based wearable e-textiles for personalized healthcare applications. iScience, 25(3), Article 103945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.103945

Wearable e-textiles have gained huge tractions due to their potential for non-invasive health monitoring. However, manufacturing of multifunctional wearable e-textiles remains challenging, due to poor performance, comfortability, scalability, and cos... Read More about Fully printed and multifunctional graphene-based wearable e-textiles for personalized healthcare applications.