Research at FAST

Institute of Textiles & Clothing Institute of Textiles & Clothing 147 Qualification MEng (Donghua U) PhD (PolyU) ORCID ID 0000-0001-9596-5830 Dr HUA Tao Associate Professor Research Areas Wearable and flexible textile-based sensing and energy devices and systems; Complex fabric structures for applications in technical and medical areas; Novel manufacturing technology of functional composite yarns and fabrics Representative Publications • Feng J, Zhang M., Hua T , Chan KH, Study of a Newly Structuralized Meta-aramid/cotton Blended Yarn for Fabric with Enhanced Flame-resistance, Text Res J, 2020 , 90, 489-502 • Niu B, Hua T , Hu HB, Xu BG, Tian X, Chan KH, Chen S, A Highly Durable Textile-Based Sensor as Human-Worn Material Interface for Long-Term Multiple Mechanical Deformation Sensing, J Mater Chem C, 2019 , 7, 14651-14663 • Zhang LS, Lin SP, Hua T , Hang BL, Liu SR, Tao XM, Fiber- based Thermoelectric Generators: Materials, Device Structure, Fabrication, Characterization and Applications, Adv Energy Mater, 2018 , 8, 1700524 • Li XT, Hu HB, Hua T ., Xu BG, Jiang SX, Wearable Strain Sensing Textile based on One-dimensional Stretchable and Weavable Yarn Sensors, Nano Res, 2018 , 11, 5799-5811 • Hu HB, Bai ZM, Niu B, Wu MZ, Hua T , Binder-free Bonding Modularized MXene Thin Films into Thick Film Electrodes for On-chip Micro-supercapacitor with Enhanced Areal Performance Metrics, J Mater Chem A, 2018 , 6, 14876-14884 • Hu HB, Hua T , An Easily Manipulated Protocol for Patterning of MXenes on Paper for Planar Micro- supercapacitors, J Mater Chem A, 2017 , 5, 19639-19648 • Jiang SQ, Hua T , (ed.), Digital Jacquard: Mythologies, 2013 , ISBN 9789623677622, HK PolyU Awards and Achievements • Best Poster Award, The Fiber Society 2019 Spring Conference, 2019 • Early Career Award 2016/2017, Research Grants Council of HK, University Grants Committee of Hong Kong, 2016 • China Collaboration and Innovation Achievement Award, National Industry, Academia and Research Innovation Society, China, 2014 • First Class Award of Science and Technology - National Textile and Apparel Council, China, 2009 Patents • Hua T , Manufacturing Method and Apparatus for Producing All Staple Fiber Composite Yarns, CN107488897B2, 2019 • Tao XM, Hua T , Wang YY, Li Q, Chow YK, Process for Manufacturing Fabric Pressure Sensor and Tool f o r M a n u f a c t u r i n g F a b r i c P r e s s u r e S e n s o r, US 10288499 B2, 2019 • Hua T , Method of Presenting the Color of Fabric Face and Fabricating Colorful and Figured Fabrics by Using Raw-white Warp and Multicolored Weft Yarns, CN 108823733 A, 2018 • Tao XM, Wang YY, Hua T , Zhu B, Li Q, Soft Pressure Sensing Device, US 8,393,229 B2, 2013