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 …

Soft actuators for real-world applications

M Li, A Pal, A Aghakhani, A Pena-Francesch… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Inspired by physically adaptive, agile, reconfigurable and multifunctional soft-bodied
animals and human muscles, soft actuators have been developed for a variety of …

Highly stretchable van der Waals thin films for adaptable and breathable electronic membranes

Z Yan, D Xu, Z Lin, P Wang, B Cao, H Ren, F Song… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The conformal integration of electronic systems with irregular, soft objects is essential for
many emerging technologies. We report the design of van der Waals thin films consisting of …

Mechanically-guided 3D assembly for architected flexible electronics

R Bo, S Xu, Y Yang, Y Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Architected flexible electronic devices with rationally designed 3D geometries have found
essential applications in biology, medicine, therapeutics, sensing/imaging, energy, robotics …

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 …

Stretchable and transparent multimodal electronic-skin sensors in detecting strain, temperature, and humidity

L Chen, X Chang, H Wang, J Chen, Y Zhu - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Smart electronic skins (e-skins) have garnered extensive attentions owing to their potentials
in health monitoring, human-machine interactions, and soft robotics. Herein, stretchable and …

Mechanically‐Compliant Bioelectronic Interfaces through Fatigue‐Resistant Conducting Polymer Hydrogel Coating

Y Xue, X Chen, F Wang, J Lin, J Liu - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Because of their distinct electrochemical and mechanical properties, conducting polymer
hydrogels have been widely exploited as soft, wet, and conducting coatings for conventional …

Conformal in-ear bioelectronics for visual and auditory brain-computer interfaces

Z Wang, N Shi, Y Zhang, N Zheng, H Li, Y Jiao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have attracted considerable attention in motor and
language rehabilitation. Most devices use cap-based non-invasive, headband-based …

Progress of flexible strain sensors for physiological signal monitoring

Z Shen, F Liu, S Huang, H Wang, C Yang… - Biosensors and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Flexible strain sensors, as a key component of the cutting-edge wearable and implantable
electronics, have facilitated applications pertaining to human health monitoring and …

Untethered small-scale machines for microrobotic manipulation: From individual and multiple to collective machines

Q Wang, J Zhang, J Yu, J Lang, Z Lyu, Y Chen… - Acs Nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Untethered small-scale machines (USSMs) that can actively adjust their motion,
deformation, and collective states in response to external stimuli have gained enormous …