A method for preparing a highly elastic,
skin-friendly,
impact-resistant smart
yarn and the smart
yarn itself are disclosed. The preparation method includes: First, immersing a
nanofiber membrane strip in a shear-hardening
adhesive dispersion, followed by
drying and unidirectional twisting to obtain an
impact-resistant
yarn; Second, sequentially wrapping the
impact-resistant yarn and conductive
metal wires with different twist directions onto an elastic yarn to obtain an elastic impact-resistant smart composite yarn; Third,
coating short fibers onto the outer surface of the elastic impact-resistant smart composite yarn to obtain a highly elastic,
skin-friendly, impact-resistant smart yarn. The yarn comprises an elastic yarn as the core yarn, a first wrapping layer, a second wrapping layer, and a short
fiber outer layer. The impact-resistant yarn of the first wrapping layer is wrapped around the outer surface of the elastic yarn, the conductive
metal wires of the second wrapping layer are wrapped around the outer surface of the first wrapping layer with opposite twist directions, and the short
fiber outer layer is wrapped around the outer surface of the second wrapping layer. Therefore, this design can produce an impact-resistant yarn that simultaneously possesses high elasticity and sensing functions.