Skin-like flexible sensors hold great potential as the next generation of intelligent electronic devices owing to their broad applications in environmental monitoring, human-machine interfaces, the Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence. Flexible electronics inspired by human skin play a vital role in continuous and real-time health monitoring. This review summarizes recent progress in skin-mountable electronics developed by designing flexible electrodes and substrates into different structures, including serpentine, microcrack, wrinkle, and kirigami. Furthermore, this review briefly discusses advances in wearable integrated sensor systems that mimic the flexibility of human skin, as well as multisensing functions. In the future, innovations in stretchable integrated sensor systems will be crucial to develop next-generation intelligent skin-based sensors for practical applications such as medical diagnosis, treatment, and environment monitoring.
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Sci Rep
January 2025
Materials Science and Engineering Program, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, POB 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Graphene, a two-dimensional material featuring densely packed sp-hybridized carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, has revolutionized material science. Laser-induced graphene (LIG) represents a breakthrough method for producing graphene from both commercial and natural precursors via direct laser writing, offering advantages such as simplicity, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. This study demonstrates a novel approach to synthesize a composite material exclusively from a porous organic polymer (POP) by direct femtosecond laser writing on a compressed imide-linked porous organic polymer substrate.
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MEMS and Nanotechnology Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea; Advanced Medical Device Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea; Center for Next-Generation Sensor Research and Development, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea. Electronic address:
Critical-sized bone defects in osteosarcoma treatment demand multifunctional scaffolds that must effectively integrate two key functions, promoting osteogenesis and delivering targeted chemoprevention. This study introduces a dual-component system featuring pH-responsive hydrogels and hydroxyapatite-based fiber-reinforced biomimetic scaffolds designed for controlled and localized curcumin delivery, while addressing its solubility and stability issues. The hydrogel system comprises a double network of polyacrylic acid, sodium alginate, carboxymethyl cellulose, and potato starch, specifically modified to encapsulate curcumin.
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The Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address:
Introduction: Smartphone and wearable technologies are novel devices for monitoring postoperative mobility and recovery in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients. This systematic review of the highest-level evidence studies evaluated the advantages of these technologies in postoperative care, specifically focusing on 1) smartphone applications, 2) wearable devices, and 3) their combined use.
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Talanta
January 2025
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Taihe hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, 442000, China; Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, 442000, Hubei, China; Clinical molecular diagnostic center, Taihe hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, 442000, China. Electronic address:
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International Ph. D Program in Innovative Technology of Biomedical Engineering & Medical Devices, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 243303, Taiwan; Research Center for Intelligence Medical Devices, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City 243303, Taiwan. Electronic address:
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