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Therefore, in this work, six different knitted electrodes, applied both wet and dry, were compared regarding the influence of specific knitting construction parameters on the three-electrode contact impedance measured on a human forearm. Additionally, the influence of applying pressure was investigated in a two-electrode setup using a water-based agar dummy. Further, simulation of an equivalent circuit was used for quantitative evaluation. Indications were found that the preferred electrode construction to achieve the lowest contact impedance includes a square shaped electrode, knitted with a high yarn density and, in the case of dry electrodes, an uneven surface topography consisting of loops, while in wet condition a smooth surface is favorable. Wet electrodes are showing a greatly reduced contact impedance and are therefore to be preferred over dry ones; however, opportunities are seen for improving the electrode performance of dry electrodes by applying pressure to the system, thereby avoiding disadvantages of wet electrodes with fluid administration, drying-out of the electrolyte, and discomfort arising from a \u201cwet feeling\u201d.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s21051578","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,25]],"date-time":"2021-02-25T02:36:13Z","timestamp":1614220573000},"page":"1578","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":55,"title":["Textile Electrodes: Influence of Knitting Construction and Pressure on the Contact Impedance"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1326-4190","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luisa","family":"Euler","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Polymeric E-Textiles, Department of Textile Technology, University of Bor\u00e5s, SE-501 90 Bor\u00e5s, Sweden"},{"name":"Smart Textiles Technology Lab, Smart Textiles, University of Bor\u00e5s, SE-501 90 Bor\u00e5s, Sweden"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Polymeric E-Textiles, Department of Textile Technology, University of Bor\u00e5s, SE-501 90 Bor\u00e5s, Sweden"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nils-Krister","family":"Persson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Polymeric E-Textiles, Department of Textile Technology, University of Bor\u00e5s, SE-501 90 Bor\u00e5s, Sweden"},{"name":"Smart Textiles Technology Lab, Smart Textiles, University of Bor\u00e5s, SE-501 90 Bor\u00e5s, Sweden"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Koncar, V. 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