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 …

Development of conductive hydrogels for fabricating flexible strain sensors

G Li, C Li, G Li, D Yu, Z Song, H Wang, X Liu, H Liu… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conductive hydrogels can be prepared by incorporating various conductive materials into
polymeric network hydrogels. In recent years, conductive hydrogels have been developed …

Caterpillar-inspired soft crawling robot with distributed programmable thermal actuation

S Wu, Y Hong, Y Zhao, J Yin, Y Zhu - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Many inspirations for soft robotics are from the natural world, such as octopuses, snakes,
and caterpillars. Here, we report a caterpillar-inspired, energy-efficient crawling robot with …

Intrinsically stretchable electronics with ultrahigh deformability to monitor dynamically moving organs

S Wang, Y Nie, H Zhu, Y Xu, S Cao, J Zhang, Y Li… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Intrinsically stretchable electronics represent an attractive platform for next-generation
implantable devices by reducing the mechanical mismatch and the immune responses with …

Flexible and stretchable capacitive sensors with different microstructures

J Qin, LJ Yin, YN Hao, SL Zhong, DL Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, sensors that can imitate human skin have received extensive attention. Capacitive
sensors have a simple structure, low loss, no temperature drift, and other excellent …

Highly conductive and elastic nanomembrane for skin electronics

D Jung, C Lim, HJ Shim, Y Kim, C Park, J Jung, SI Han… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Skin electronics require stretchable conductors that satisfy metallike conductivity, high
stretchability, ultrathin thickness, and facile patternability, but achieving these characteristics …

Bioadhesive technology platforms

SJ Wu, X Zhao - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bioadhesives have emerged as transformative and versatile tools in healthcare, offering the
ability to attach tissues with ease and minimal damage. These materials present numerous …

Stretchable electronics based on PDMS substrates

D Qi, K Zhang, G Tian, B Jiang, Y Huang - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stretchable electronics, which can retain their functions under stretching, have attracted
great interest in recent decades. Elastic substrates, which bear the applied strain and …

Materials-driven soft wearable bioelectronics for connected healthcare

S Gong, Y Lu, J Yin, A Levin, W Cheng - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
In the era of Internet-of-things, many things can stay connected; however, biological
systems, including those necessary for human health, remain unable to stay connected to …

Flexible wearable sensors for cardiovascular health monitoring

S Chen, J Qi, S Fan, Z Qiao, JC Yeo… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular diseases account for the highest mortality globally, but recent advances in
wearable technologies may potentially change how these illnesses are diagnosed and …