Abstract

Flexible inorganic bioelectronics represent a newly emerging and rapid developing research area. With its great power in enhancing the acquisition, management and utilization of health information, it is expected that these flexible and stretchable devices could underlie the new solutions to human health problems. Recent advances in this area including materials, devices, integrated systems and their biomedical applications indicate that through conformal and seamless contact with human body, the measurement becomes continuous and convenient with yields of higher quality data. This review covers recent progresses in flexible inorganic bio-electronics for human physiological parameters’ monitoring in a wearable and continuous way. Strategies including materials, structures and device design are introduced with highlights toward the ability to solve remaining challenges in the measurement process. Advances in measuring bioelectrical signals, i.e., the electrophysiological signals (including EEG, ECoG, ECG, and EMG), biophysical signals (including body temperature, strain, pressure, and acoustic signals) and biochemical signals (including sweat, glucose, and interstitial fluid) have been summarized. In the end, given the application property of this topic, the future research directions are outlooked.

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Title
Flexible inorganic bioelectronics
Author
Chen, Ying 1 ; Zhang Yingchao 2 ; Liang Ziwei 2 ; Cao, Yu 2 ; Han, Zhiyuan 2 ; Xue, Feng 2 

 Institute of Flexible Electronics Technology of THU, Jiaxing, China 
 Tsinghua University, AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.12527.33) (ISNI:0000 0001 0662 3178); Tsinghua University, Center for Flexible Electronics Technology, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.12527.33) (ISNI:0000 0001 0662 3178) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
23974621
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2488775971
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.