CONDUCTIVE FIBRES Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC D06M11/83 D06M15/21 D06M15/285 C23C18/18 C23C18/44 H01B1/02 B82Y30/00 

FIELD: textile.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the chemical engineering of fibre materials and relates to a method of imparting electrical conductivity to a fibre and conductive fibres, a fabric and an article made of such fibres. Method includes steps of: (a) providing a fibre having a negative electric charge at the surface of the fibre, (b) applying to the fibre a substance, such as a polyelectrolyte, which provides a layer of said substance on the fibre and changes the electric charge at the surface of the fibre from negative to positive, wherein said substance is not chitosan, and (c) making the surface of the fibre electrically conductive with a metal, wherein the metal of step (c) is provided in the form of metal ions and wherein a reducing agent is employed to reduce the metal ions to elemental metal.

EFFECT: invention provides for the creation of conductive textile materials, enabling the manufacture of conductive clothing or luggage into which electronic equipment such as smartphones, GPS devices and personal computers can be placed.

23 cl, 8 dwg, 6 ex