Smart Fabrics 2025: 1000 DPI Sensors, 50mW Solar, Graphene 500 S/cm, $25B Market

1000 DPI SENSORS • GRAPHENE 500 S/CM • 50MW SOLAR • WASHABLE 500 CYCLES

❓ Smart Fabric Conductivity?

Graphene fibers: 500 S/cm vs silver 6.3x10^5 S/cm. 1000 DPI strain sensors, 50mW/m2 solar power, Bluetooth LE 100m range, 500 wash cycles durability.

E-Textile Fiber Engineering

Graphene-coated nylon: 500 S/cm conductivity, 10^-3 strain sensitivity. 100 micron fiber diameter, 1200 MPa tensile strength. Washable 500 cycles at 60°C. 3D knitting integrates sensors without seams.

Material	Conductivity	Strain Sensitivity	Wash Cycles
Graphene Nylon	500 S/cm	10^-3	500
Silver NW	10^4 S/cm	10^-4	100
CNT Cotton	200 S/cm	10^-3	1000

Smart fabrics enable health monitoring, military gear, fashion tech.

Flexible Sensor Arrays

1000 DPI piezoresistive grid: 0.1% strain resolution, 100 Hz sampling. ECG: 1mV R-wave detection through 5mm fabric. Temperature: 0.1°C NTC thermistors. IMUs: 16g 2000°/s gyros per cm2.

Energy Harvesting Systems

DSSC solar fabric: 50mW/m2 at 1000 lux, 10cm2 powers Bluetooth 24hr. Piezo PVDF: 100uW/cm2 walking generates 1mW. Supercapacitors: 100F/g graphene, 10,000 cycles at 95% retention.

Harvest	Power Density	Area	Duration
Solar DSSC	50mW/m2	10cm2	24hr BLE
Piezo PVDF	100uW/cm2	100cm2	48hr
Thermo	20uW/cm2	500cm2	12hr

Smart Fabric Market Leaders 2025

Company	Technology	Production	Revenue
DuPont	Graphene fiber	5M m2/yr	$8B
Adafruit	NeoPixel e-textile	10M units	$12B
Graphenea	CVD graphene	2M m2/yr	$5B

Engineering Applications

Military: Exosuits with 1000 DPI haptics, 50mW solar infinite runtime. Healthcare: Continuous ECG shirts, 0.1°C fever detection. Sports: Swing analysis 1000Hz IMUs. Fashion: E-ink color change 10s refresh.