Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
124(2), P. 455 - 553
Published: Jan. 4, 2024
In
the
era
of
Internet-of-things,
many
things
can
stay
connected;
however,
biological
systems,
including
those
necessary
for
human
health,
remain
unable
to
connected
global
Internet
due
lack
soft
conformal
biosensors.
The
fundamental
challenge
lies
in
fact
that
electronics
and
biology
are
distinct
incompatible,
as
they
based
on
different
materials
via
functioning
principles.
particular,
body
is
curvilinear,
yet
typically
rigid
planar.
Recent
advances
design
have
generated
tremendous
opportunities
wearable
bioelectronics,
which
may
bridge
gap,
enabling
ultimate
dream
healthcare
anyone,
anytime,
anywhere.
We
begin
with
a
review
historical
development
healthcare,
indicating
significant
trend
healthcare.
This
followed
by
focal
point
discussion
about
new
design,
particularly
low-dimensional
nanomaterials.
summarize
material
types
their
attributes
designing
bioelectronic
sensors;
we
also
cover
synthesis
fabrication
methods,
top-down,
bottom-up,
combined
approaches.
Next,
discuss
energy
challenges
progress
made
date.
addition
front-end
devices,
describe
back-end
machine
learning
algorithms,
artificial
intelligence,
telecommunication,
software.
Afterward,
integration
systems
been
applied
various
testbeds
real-world
settings,
laboratories
preclinical
clinical
environments.
Finally,
narrate
remaining
conjunction
our
perspectives.
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
17(6), P. 5211 - 5295
Published: March 9, 2023
Humans
rely
increasingly
on
sensors
to
address
grand
challenges
and
improve
quality
of
life
in
the
era
digitalization
big
data.
For
ubiquitous
sensing,
flexible
are
developed
overcome
limitations
conventional
rigid
counterparts.
Despite
rapid
advancement
bench-side
research
over
last
decade,
market
adoption
remains
limited.
To
ease
expedite
their
deployment,
here,
we
identify
bottlenecks
hindering
maturation
propose
promising
solutions.
We
first
analyze
achieving
satisfactory
sensing
performance
for
real-world
applications
then
summarize
issues
compatible
sensor-biology
interfaces,
followed
by
brief
discussions
powering
connecting
sensor
networks.
Issues
en
route
commercialization
sustainable
growth
sector
also
analyzed,
highlighting
environmental
concerns
emphasizing
nontechnical
such
as
business,
regulatory,
ethical
considerations.
Additionally,
look
at
future
intelligent
sensors.
In
proposing
a
comprehensive
roadmap,
hope
steer
efforts
towards
common
goals
guide
coordinated
development
strategies
from
disparate
communities.
Through
collaborative
efforts,
scientific
breakthroughs
can
be
made
sooner
capitalized
betterment
humanity.
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
6(40)
Published: Sept. 30, 2020
Wireless
wearable
sweat
biosensors
have
gained
huge
traction
due
to
their
potential
for
noninvasive
health
monitoring.
As
high
energy
consumption
is
a
crucial
challenge
in
this
field,
efficient
harvesting
from
human
motion
represents
an
attractive
approach
sustainably
power
future
wearables.
Despite
intensive
research
activities,
most
harvesters
suffer
complex
fabrication
procedures,
poor
robustness,
and
low
density,
making
them
unsuitable
continuous
biosensing.
Here,
we
propose
highly
robust,
mass-producible,
battery-free
platform
that
efficiently
extracts
body
through
flexible
printed
circuit
board
(FPCB)-based
freestanding
triboelectric
nanogenerator
(FTENG).
The
judiciously
engineered
FTENG
displays
output
of
~416
mW
m-2
Through
seamless
system
integration
management,
demonstrate
triboelectrically
driven
able
multiplexed
wirelessly
transmit
data
the
user
interfaces
Bluetooth
during
on-body
trials.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
34(16)
Published: Dec. 12, 2021
Abstract
Medical
robots
are
invaluable
players
in
non‐pharmaceutical
treatment
of
disabilities.
Particularly,
using
prosthetic
and
rehabilitation
devices
with
human–machine
interfaces
can
greatly
improve
the
quality
life
for
impaired
patients.
In
recent
years,
flexible
electronic
soft
robotics
have
attracted
tremendous
attention
this
field
due
to
their
high
biocompatibility,
functionality,
conformability,
low‐cost.
Flexible
on
will
make
a
promising
alternative
conventional
rigid
devices,
which
potentially
revolutionize
paradigm
future
direction
medical
terms
feedback
user
experience.
review,
fundamental
components
materials,
structures,
mechanisms
human‐machine
summarized
by
renowned
applications
five
primary
areas:
physical
chemical
sensing,
physiological
recording,
information
processing
communication,
robotic
actuation,
stimulation.
This
review
further
concludes
discussing
outlook
current
challenges
these
technologies
as
interface
robotics.
Microsystems & Nanoengineering,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
9(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Abstract
Flexible
wearable
sweat
sensors
allow
continuous,
real-time,
noninvasive
detection
of
analytes,
provide
insight
into
human
physiology
at
the
molecular
level,
and
have
received
significant
attention
for
their
promising
applications
in
personalized
health
monitoring.
Electrochemical
are
best
choice
due
to
high
performance,
low
cost,
miniaturization,
wide
applicability.
Recent
developments
soft
microfluidics,
multiplexed
biosensing,
energy
harvesting
devices,
materials
advanced
compatibility
electrochemical
sweat-sensing
platforms.
In
this
review,
we
summarize
potential
medical
methods
stimulation
collection.
This
paper
provides
an
overview
components
recent
power
supply
technologies
highlights
some
typical
sensing
platforms
different
types
analytes.
Finally,
ends
with
a
discussion
challenges
view
prospective
development
exciting
field.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
123(8), P. 5049 - 5138
Published: March 27, 2023
Wearable
sensors
hold
great
potential
in
empowering
personalized
health
monitoring,
predictive
analytics,
and
timely
intervention
toward
healthcare.
Advances
flexible
electronics,
materials
science,
electrochemistry
have
spurred
the
development
of
wearable
sweat
that
enable
continuous
noninvasive
screening
analytes
indicative
status.
Existing
major
challenges
include:
improving
extraction
sensing
capabilities,
form
factor
device
for
minimal
discomfort
reliable
measurements
when
worn,
understanding
clinical
value
biomarker
discovery.
This
review
provides
a
comprehensive
outlines
state-of-the-art
technologies
research
strive
to
bridge
these
gaps.
The
physiology
sweat,
materials,
biosensing
mechanisms
advances,
approaches
induction
sampling
are
introduced.
Additionally,
design
considerations
system-level
devices,
spanning
from
strategies
prolonged
efficient
powering
wearables,
discussed.
Furthermore,
applications,
data
commercialization
efforts,
challenges,
prospects
precision
medicine
ACS Nano,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
14(12), P. 16180 - 16193
Published: Dec. 14, 2020
The
management
of
the
COVID-19
pandemic
has
relied
on
cautious
contact
tracing,
quarantine,
and
sterilization
protocols
while
we
await
a
vaccine
to
be
made
widely
available.
Telemedicine
or
mobile
health
(mHealth)
is
well-positioned
during
this
time
reduce
potential
disease
spread
prevent
overloading
healthcare
system
through
at-home
screening,
diagnosis,
monitoring.
With
rise
mass-fabricated
electronics
for
wearable
portable
sensors,
emerging
telemedicine
tools
have
been
developed
address
shortcomings
in
diagnostics,
monitoring,
management.
In
Perspective,
summarize
current
implementations
mHealth
sensors
COVID-19,
highlight
recent
technological
advances,
provide
an
overview
how
these
may
utilized
better
control
pandemic.
Science Advances,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
8(1)
Published: Jan. 5, 2022
Wearable
technologies
for
personalized
monitoring
require
sensors
that
track
biomarkers
often
present
at
low
levels.
Cortisol—a
key
stress
biomarker—is
in
sweat
nanomolar
concentrations.
Previous
wearable
sensing
systems
are
limited
to
analytes
the
micromolar-millimolar
ranges.
To
overcome
this
and
other
limitations,
we
developed
a
flexible
field-effect
transistor
(FET)
biosensor
array
exploits
previously
unreported
cortisol
aptamer
coupled
nanometer-thin-film
In2O3
FETs.
Cortisol
levels
were
determined
via
molecular
recognition
by
aptamers
where
binding
was
transduced
electrical
signals
on
The
physiological
relevance
of
as
biomarker
demonstrated
tracking
salivary
participants
Trier
Social
Stress
Test
establishing
correlations
between
diurnal
saliva
samples.
These
motivated
development
on-body
validation
an
aptamer-FET
array–based
smartwatch
equipped
with
custom,
multichannel,
self-referencing,
autonomous
source
measurement
unit
enabling
seamless,
real-time
sensing.