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Textiles with integrated electrical features are capable of creating intelligent articles and it can be realized by printing of conductive inks. But the technologies are still under progress of development thus this study is to investigate the feasibility of printing conductive inks using silkscreen printing. A two points probe is employed to measure the resistance and the functionality of the electronics structure printed is tested by introducing strains via bending test. It was found that the resistances obtained for single layer printed ink tracks were not as expected whereas the result for the double layers printed ink tracks show a satisfactory result. It was also observed that the surface finish for sinle layer printed ink tracks were rougher, uneven and bumpy compared to double layer printed ink tracks. The bending test results were as expected since inreasing the strains causing the electronics structure to change the resistance incrementally thus proving the functionality of the electronics structure printed. The used of conductive ink is proven suitable to provide some elastic behavior (stretchable) and highly potential for wearable electronics application.

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