(Department of Textile and Apparel Engineering, 2023-08-31) Karunaratne, C; Jayasundara, N; Wanasekara, ND; Niles, SN; Nandasiri, GK; Pathirana, M; Madhurangi, C
Majority of the smart devices contain touch screens and the majority of them are based on capacitance and conductivity. This type of touch screens are developed by utilizing a matrix of rows and columns of conductive electrodes and small current is provided to electrodes to produce an even electrostatic field[ 1]. However, electrically insulating materials such as textile fabrics, cannot actuate touch screens as these types of materials are incapable of changing the electrostatic field.
