The inside story on wearable electronics

Strain Sensors with Adjustable Sensitivity by Tailoring the Microstructure of Graphene Aerogel/PDMS Nanocomposites

“…With the increasing demand for wearable electronics, such as skin-surface mountable sensors and 13 implanted sensors, 1 strain sensors (also termed 'strain gauges') capable of relatively high sensitivity 14 and high elastic limit have attracted intense interest. Highly sensitive and stretchable sensors have great 15 potential for broad applications such as flexible displays, 2 robotics, 3 health-monitoring devices, 4 and 16 sports (e.g.…”

Self-powered electronic-skin for detecting glucose level in body fluid basing on piezo-enzymatic-reaction coupling process

“…The body electric (the sensors that can detect body information are linked/integrated with the human body) for changing medical mode is one of the most important subjects that many researchers are focusing on [1,2]. Nowadays, various new flexible sensors (skin-implanted, organic-patched or skin-surface devices) have been realized for establishing connection with the human body, such as sensing blood pressure, arterial stiffening, heart rate, electrolyte balance, body temperature, breathing rate and etc.…”

Conducting Polymers for Flexible Supercapacitors

“…Supercapacitors, also called as ultracapacitors or electrochemical capacitors, are important for energy storage and recycle. On the other hand, recent rapid development of flexible and wearable electronics requires flexible supercapacitors, which are foldable, stretchable, and/or bendable, as the power source …”