Shanghai researchers have developed a new type of fully flexible textile with a display system that may allow people to receive and send messages, read information, and take notes on their clothing in the near future.

Through independent research and development, the research group from Fudan University's department of polymer science created two novel functional fibers: a polymer composite fiber loaded with luminescent active material and a transparent conductive polymer gel fiber.

In the process of fabric weaving, the interweaving of the warp and the weft can naturally form a dot matrix similar to the pixel array on a digital display screen. Through this process, the two fibers can form an electroluminescent unit.