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Wireless and Flexible Skin Moisture and Temperature Sensor Sheets toward the Study of Thermoregulator Center
Author(s) -
Lu Yuyao,
Fujita Yusuke,
Honda Satoko,
Yang ShinHsin,
Xuan Yan,
Xu Kaichen,
Arie Takayuki,
Akita Seiji,
Takei Kuniharu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced healthcare materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.288
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2192-2659
pISSN - 2192-2640
DOI - 10.1002/adhm.202100103
Subject(s) - thermoregulation , moisture , skin temperature , materials science , humidity , thermoreceptor , biomedical engineering , medicine , composite material , meteorology , physics , receptor
A disorder in the thermoregulator center in a human body leads to some potential diseases such as fever and hyperthyroidism. To predict these diseases early, monitoring the health condition of the human body due to the influence of thermoregulation disorders is important. Although extensive works are performed on sweat‐rate detection by constructing microfluidic channels, skin‐moisture evaporation before sweating remains unknown. This work proposes a wireless and flexible sensor sheet to investigate the thermoregulatory responses of different people under cold stimulation and exercise by measuring the temperature and moisture variations on the finger skin. An integrated flexible sensor system consists of a ZnIn 2 S 4 nanosheet‐based humidity sensor and carbon nanotube/SnO 2 temperature sensor. The results exhibit distinct thermoregulation abilities of five volunteers. Interestingly, the sudden increase in finger moisture that results from the excitation by the sympathetic nerve is observed during the cold‐stimulus test. Although further studies are required to predict the potential diseases resulted from thermoregulation disorders in human body, this study provides a possibility of continuous and real‐time monitoring of thermoregulatory activities via skin moisture and temperature detection using a flexible sensor sheet.