Semiconductive cotton was developed in Heat Harvest -project, within Aalto Energy Efficiency Research Programme. Together with Aalto CHEM, we looked for different yarns and textiles to be used as a substrate for atomic layer deposition.
The overall project is managed from CHEM, while I managed Aalto ARTS-side. The project focuses on energy harvesting from thermal exchange, and we looked at how natural fibers and textiles could be used with the atomic layer deposition process, and what could be the implications for design.
This work has resulted in several publications, I was also an advisor to CHEM MSc thesis.
Publications:
Townsend, R. and Mikkonen, J. 2017. Signals as Material: From Knitting Sensors to Sensory Knits, accepted to DRS Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge conference EKSIG 2017.
Karttunen, A. J., Sarnes, L., Townsend, R., Mikkonen, J., & Karppinen, M. 2017. Flexible Thermoelectric ZnO–Organic Superlattices on Cotton Textile Substrates by ALD/MLD. Advanced Electronic Materials, 15 February 2017. http://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201600459
Sarnes, Liisa., “Atomic layer deposition of thermoelectric oxide materials on textiles”, 2015, Aalto CHEM. https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/19120