Recent progress, challenges, and opportunities for wearable biochemical sensors for sweat analysis

SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

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Article

Ghaffari, Roozbeh^1,2,3  Rogers, John A.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}  Ray, Tyler R.⁸ 

[1] Northwestern Univ, Querrey Simpson Inst Bioelect, Evanston, IL USA

[2] Northwestern Univ, Dept Biomed Engn, Evanston, IL USA

[3] Epicore Biosyst Inc, Cambridge, MA USA

[4] Northwestern Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

[5] Northwestern Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

[6] Northwestern Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Evanston, IL USA

[7] Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Dept Neurol Surg, Chicago, IL USA

[8] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Mech Engn, 2540 Dole St,Holmes Hall 302, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA

关键词: Microfluidics;    Sweat;    Wearables;    Sensors;    Lab-on-chip;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.snb.2021.129447

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Sweat is a promising, yet relatively unexplored biofluid containing biochemical information that offers broad insights into the underlying dynamic metabolic activity of the human body. The rich composition of electrolytes, metabolites, hormones, proteins, nucleic acids, micronutrients, and exogenous agents found in sweat dynamically vary in response to the state of health, stress, and diet. Emerging classes of skin-interfaced wearable sensors offer powerful capabilities for the real-time, continuous analysis of sweat produced by the eccrine glands in a manner suitable for use in athletics, consumer wellness, military, and healthcare industries. This perspective examines the rapid and continuous progress of wearable sweat sensors through the most advanced embodiments that address the fundamental challenges currently restricting widespread deployment. It concludes with a discussion of efforts to expand the overall utility of wearable sweat sensors and opportunities for commercialization, in which advances in biochemical sensor technologies will be critically important.

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