South Korean scientists succeed in creating "LED" textiles

Despite all the difficulties, scientific progress does not stand still, and now the scientific group under the leadership of Dr. Moon from South Korea's Energy Technology Division in DGIST managed to create the structure of luminescence technology.

This discovery in the future will make it possible to create literally luminous textiles, where electrodes are embedded in a specially developed luminescent layer.

The scientific group was faced with the task of creating a flexible luminescent product, where the electromagnetic field (responsible for the excitation of the glow) would not propagate in the perpendicular plane to the mounted electrodes, and along them.

In addition, the task was to hide the electrodes inside the luminescent layer.

What happened to create

So scientists managed to solve the problem, and they created a luminescent textile, which consists of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), as well as zinc sulfide (ZnS). Flexible conductive layers were embedded in the formed layer.

The resulting product turned out to be endowed with not only electroluminescence (glow occurs when applied to the electrodes operating voltage), but also mechanical luminescence (the glow is carried out when the mechanical impact).

After a series of experiments, laboratory samples showed excellent results in strength and glow intensity.

What are the prospects for invention

According to Dr. Chong, with their development, scientists plan to create devices that will emit light constantly, despite any transformation in the shape of the product.

At the moment, commercial implementation is still very far away and the prospects remain vague.

The scientists published their research in the popular international materials science magazine Today Today.

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