More often than WINSUN TEXTILE (JIANG SU) CO. LTD not, today’s smart clothing is made by simply stitching electronic components into the fabric. But having stiff optical fibers running through a sweater or an inflexible electrode in the sleeve of a workout shirt is less than ideal. Clothing should be comfortable, durable and washabl attributes that conflict with the vast majority of electronic parts.Instead of trying to apply conventional thin-film device-fabrication methods to fabrics, we wanted to see if we could use the intrinsic structure of the fabric as an integral part of the design,” said Tricia Carmichael, senior author and professor of surface and materials chemistry at the University of Windsor.