Technology roadmap for flexible sensors

Y Luo, MR Abidian, JH Ahn, D Akinwande… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Humans rely increasingly on sensors to address grand challenges and to improve quality of
life in the era of digitalization and big data. For ubiquitous sensing, flexible sensors are …

Recent progress in advanced tactile sensing technologies for soft grippers

J Qu, B Mao, Z Li, Y Xu, K Zhou, X Cao… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tactile sensing technology is crucial for soft grippers. Soft grippers equipped with intelligent
tactile sensing systems based on various sensors can interact safely with the unstructured …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional flexible humidity sensor systems towards noncontact wearable electronics

Y Lu, G Yang, Y Shen, H Yang, K Xu - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022 - Springer
In the past decade, the global industry and research attentions on intelligent skin-like
electronics have boosted their applications in diverse fields including human healthcare …

Synthesis and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers

KM Herbert, HE Fowler, JM McCracken… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs) are crosslinked polymer networks that combine the
elastic properties of rubber with the anisotropic properties of liquid crystals. Multifunctionality …

3D printed electronics: Processes, materials and future trends

HW Tan, YYC Choong, CN Kuo, HY Low… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the industries and researchers have demonstrated a strong interest in 3D (3-
dimensional) printed electronics due to their tremendous potentials to deliver unique …

[HTML][HTML] A review on printed electronics: fabrication methods, inks, substrates, applications and environmental impacts

J Wiklund, A Karakoç, T Palko, H Yiğitler… - … of Manufacturing and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Innovations in industrial automation, information and communication technology (ICT),
renewable energy as well as monitoring and sensing fields have been paving the way for …

3D printing of multilayered and multimaterial electronics: A review

GL Goh, H Zhang, TH Chong… - Advanced Electronic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is a manufacturing process in
which the materials are deposited layer by layer in an additive manner. With the …

Wearable and stretchable strain sensors: materials, sensing mechanisms, and applications

H Souri, H Banerjee, A Jusufi, N Radacsi… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in the design and implementation of wearable resistive, capacitive, and
optical strain sensors are summarized herein. Wearable and stretchable strain sensors have …

Materials with tunable optical properties for wearable epidermal sensing in health monitoring

F Han, T Wang, G Liu, H Liu, X Xie, Z Wei… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in wearable epidermal sensors have revolutionized the way that physiological
signals are captured and measured for health monitoring. One major challenge is to convert …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible electronics: status, challenges and opportunities

D Corzo, G Tostado-Blázquez, D Baran - Frontiers in Electronics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
MATERIALS AND METHODS Perhaps the first demonstrations of vacuum deposited
semiconductor materials onto flexible substrates were performed at Westinghouse in the …