Abstract:

In order to facilitate application of wearable devices in textiles and apparels and promote the industrialization in the field of smart clothing, the materials, preparation methods, processes of wearable devices developed in recent years were systematically introduced. According to the current research status of wearable devices in the field of textiles and apparels, the development history of wearable devices was also introduced. At the same time, the wearable devices were classified firstly in this field. The development of several typical flexible wearable devices such as signal sensing, collection and transmission devices, energy harvesting and management devices and textile antennas were described in
details. Finally, some problems existing in wearable devices were further analyzed. Meanwhile, the development trends and prospects for wearable devices were forecasted.

Key words: wearable technology, smart clothing, flexible sensor, electronic device