Electrical conduction investigation of stainless steel wire-reinforced cotton fabric composites by electrospraying of fluoropolymer

This study investigates the effect of the incorporation of stainless steel (SS) wires into cotton fabrics on the conductivity of the fabric in order to ease the electrospraying of an emulsified fluoropolymer resin. The statistical analysis showed that the increase in the conductivity of the fabric surface significantly lowered the deposition time of the fluoropolymer resin onto the fabric surface; however, the electrical voltage applied during electrospraying and the flow rate of the emulsion in the electric field had a greater effect on the deposition time of the process than the conductivity of the fabric.