Electrical Activation of Thermo-responsive Textiles

Designing thermo-responsive textiles, conductive materials are enabled to produce temperature variation through electrical activation. This chapter starts with an overview on electroconductive materials, fabrication technologies associated with the development of electroconductive textiles and applications, with particular emphasis on textile heating systems. The experimental work developed with metal-based conductive threads and pigments is discussed, including their integration in woven substrates and the analysis of their electrical and expressive qualities for resistive heating activation of color changing textiles.