Electromagnetic shielding out of plasma coated woven fabrics

Electromagnetic radiation of telecommunication is undesired in rooms for data privacy [1]. One way to shield EM radiation is by achieving textile fabrics with electrical conductive properties [2,3]. Buildtech technical textiles are used in constructions and as such they need fireproof properties, too. Magnetron plasma sputtering is a novel technique for rendering nanometer scale coatings on woven fabrics. It is an eco-friendly technique, which leaves the bulk properties of the fabric unaltered and modifies only the surface properties. Thus, textile EM shields out of magnetron plasma coated fabrics keep initial properties of textile materials, such as flexibility, light weight, 3D shape-ability, good mechanical resistance and receive as well novel functionalities. The ERA-NET Manunet TexEMFiRe project aims to research Buildtech technical fabrics with electromagnetic shielding and fireproof properties, made out of magnetron plasma coating. TexEMFire envisages an optimization of plasma coated fabrics based on fabric structure parameters (density) and plasma coating parameters (generator power) The project has duration of two years (Apr. 2018-Mar. 2020) and five partners: INFLPR, INCDTP, Majutex from Romania and UniUPO and TecnoLab from Italy. Project website is: http://texemfire.inflpr.ro/ .