Flexible, Stretchable Sensors for Wearable Health Monitoring: Sensing Mechanisms, Materials, Fabrication Strategies and Features

Sensors

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Yan Liu¹  Yongqiang Xie¹  Wei Zhao¹  Hongbo Qin¹  Min Zhang²  Hai Wang² 

[1] Key Laboratory of Electronic Equipment Structure Design, Ministry of Education, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China;

[2] School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China;

关键词: wearable health monitoring;    sensors;    flexibility and stretchability;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s18020645

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Wearable health monitoring systems have gained considerable interest in recent years owing to their tremendous promise for personal portable health watching and remote medical practices. The sensors with excellent flexibility and stretchability are crucial components that can provide health monitoring systems with the capability of continuously tracking physiological signals of human body without conspicuous uncomfortableness and invasiveness. The signals acquired by these sensors, such as body motion, heart rate, breath, skin temperature and metabolism parameter, are closely associated with personal health conditions. This review attempts to summarize the recent progress in flexible and stretchable sensors, concerning the detected health indicators, sensing mechanisms, functional materials, fabrication strategies, basic and desired features. The potential challenges and future perspectives of wearable health monitoring system are also briefly discussed.

【 授权许可】

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