Textile materials insulation values

However, the production of all-organic fibers from ICPs is still complicated and expensive. Several attempts have been made to obtain conductive fibers from ICPs such as polyaniline, PEDOT PSS, and pure PEDOT with conductivity values from 150 to 250 S/cm [22,23]. However, due to poor mechanical strength, microscale size, a low production rate, brittleness, and difficult processing, useful commercial applications are stiU limited. On the other hand, combination of other textile materials with ICPs could enhance their application areas. It could be done in two ways, either by mixing ICPs with insulating polymers such as polypropylene, polyethylene, and polystyrene, or by coating conventional textiles with ICPs. The coating method is explained in the next section. 

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