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Chairman Ning LI, Founder of a Famous Chinese Sportswear and Sports Equipment Company, Visited PolyU

Dr Ning LI, Chairman of Li-Ning Company Limited, visited PolyU on 28th April 2022. Li-Ning Company Limited is a famous Chinese sportswear and sports equipment company founded in 1989 by Ning LI, a former Chinese Olympic gymnast. Professor Xiaoming TAO gave an introduction to the research and…

Scalable Production of Ultrafine Polyaniline Fibres for Wearable Electronics

High performance conducting polymer fibres are highly demanded in fields from advanced fibrous devices to frontier fabric electronics. Recently, a joint research team, led by Prof. Xiaoming TAO and Dr Yang CHAI, reported a scalable good solvent exchange strategy to produce ultrafine polyaniline (PAni)…

Dr Dahua SHOU appointed as Limin Endowed Young Scholar in Advanced Textiles Technologies

Congratulation to Dr Dahua Shou, member of the Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems was appointed as Limin Endowed Young Scholar in Advanced Textiles Technologies. An awardee of many prestigious awards, including TechConnect Global Innovation Awards for two consecutive years and…

Important Progress in Efficient and Scalable Moisture-Electric Generators Made from Ionic Hydrogel

In the context of global resource shortage and high demand for carbon neutrality, it is of great significance to find simple and efficient green energy conversion technology to achieve sustainable development of energy and society. Moisture-electric generator (MEG) is based on the chemical energy from…

Research Excellence: Auxetic Textiles

Auxetic textiles, a category of fiber-based materials that possesses nonconventional properties including double curved shape under bending, high indentation resistance, high energy and vibration absorption capabilities, have been widely applied in in garments for such functions as impact protection…

Dr Dahua SHOU won Silver Medal at 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days

Dr Dahua SHOU, member of Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems, developed a novel fabric that won silver medal in online special edition of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (Geneva Inventions Expo) - Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days – Virtual Event. The…

Prof. Xiaoming TAO gave a talk at the Smart Wearable Technology Seminar

Prof. Xiaoming TAO, Director of RI-IWEAR, presented on the topic of “Functional Textiles for Smart Health” at the Smart Wearable Technology Seminar Series. She introduced Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable System to the participants and shared the latest research of wearable technology developed by…

Prof. Lilly Li’s Team Developed New Far Infrared Fibre

Prof. Lilly Li, a member of RI-IWEAR, has developed a new way of producing fibres that can absorb and emit far-infrared (FIR) radiation more efficiently than conventional methods. The novel technology can be used to produce high-quality, functional apparel and healthcare products. Unlike the traditional method…

Midstream Research Scheme Funding Secured for Textile Electronic Interaction System

Prof. Xiaoming TAO, Director of RI-IWEAR, and Dr Yang CHAI,  recently have secured  approximately HK$5 million under Midstream Research Programmes for Universities from the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF)  for a 3-year research project entitled “Key Technologies for Textile Electronic Interaction…

Video of RI-IWEAR Broadcast at the 2021 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit

The video featuring the research highlights of Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable System is available online at the YouTube Channel WebsEdge Science.   This five-minute video will be broadcast in the daily program called “Thought Leadership” during 2021 Material Research Society (MRS) Fall…