Publications by authors named "Lucia Akemi Miyazato Saito"
Microneedles are mainly used for pain-free drug administration and in biosensing for wearable systems. They are also promising for fields such as agronomy for precision farming, but their fabrication is not straightforward, often requiring expensive equipment and cleanroom protocols, being unsuitable for mass production. Here, we report a new and simple method for the scalable fabrication of all-inkjet-printed conductive microneedles based on silver nanoparticles (extensible to any other metallic nanoparticle ink) and a simple example of their application for monitoring the electrochemical properties of plants.
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- The study highlights the influence of substrate properties on the photothermal reduction process of graphene oxide (GO) when converted to reduced graphene oxide (rGO) using a 405 nm laser.
- The effectiveness of rGO conversion is tested on three types of flexible membranes—nylon, cellulose acetate, and nitrocellulose—resulting in significantly low sheet resistance values.
- The research also explores the application of these flexible rGO materials as temperature sensors, with nylon membranes exhibiting the best sensitivity due to their superior surface quality.