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Autonomous Flexible Sensors for Health Monitoring
Author(s) -
Huynh TanPhat,
Haick Hossam
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201802337
Subject(s) - wearable computer , wearable technology , statement (logic) , computer science , human–computer interaction , risk analysis (engineering) , energy harvesting , systems engineering , data science , energy (signal processing) , nanotechnology , materials science , embedded system , engineering , medicine , political science , law , statistics , mathematics
A concise, although admittedly non‐exhaustive, didactic summary is given of some of the main concepts and approaches related to recent advances and developments to enable autonomous detection and monitoring of the likelihood or existence of a health risk state in continuous and real‐time modes. To give a comprehensive statement, different aspects of these advanced materials and related devices are presented and discussed, such as: flexible sensors used for non‐invasive detection of health‐related physiological markers; self‐powered materials to enable extended usage periods by harvesting energy from body movement and temperature; and self‐healing properties of the materials used on the wearable devices to enable extended usage periods if scratched or cut. The linkage of these advanced materials and technologies together is particularly specified. Some of the strong and weak points in the development of each wearable material/device are clearly highlighted and criticized. Several ideas regarding further improvement of skin‐based wearable devices are also discussed.