Hydrogel interfaces for merging humans and machines

H Yuk, J Wu, X Zhao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
The last few decades have witnessed unprecedented convergence between humans and
machines that closely operate around the human body. Despite these advances, traditional …

Recent progress of conductive hydrogel fibers for flexible electronics: fabrications, applications, and perspectives

W Li, J Liu, J Wei, Z Yang, C Ren… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible conductive materials with intrinsic structural characteristics are currently in the
spotlight of both fundamental science and advanced technological applications due to their …

Advancements in optical fiber-based wearable sensors for smart health monitoring

R Jha, P Mishra, S Kumar - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2024 - Elsevier
Healthcare system is undergoing a significant transformation from a traditional hospital-
centered to an individual-centered one, as a result of escalating chronic diseases, ageing …

Encoded structural color microneedle patches for multiple screening of wound small molecules

M Lu, X Zhang, D Xu, N Li, Y Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Detection of biomarkers associated with wound conditions provides in‐depth healthcare
information and benefits wound healing treatment. The current aim of wound detection is to …

Hydrogel machines

X Liu, J Liu, S Lin, X Zhao - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
As polymer networks infiltrated with water, hydrogels constitute the major components of the
human body; and hydrogels have been widely used in applications that closely interact with …

Optical fiber sensors: Working principle, applications, and limitations

M Elsherif, AE Salih, MG Muñoz, F Alam… - Advanced Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fiber‐optic technology emerged originally for applications in data transmission and
telecommunications. However, sensors based on fiber‐optics have been developed rapidly …

Natural biopolymer-based biocompatible conductors for stretchable bioelectronics

C Wang, T Yokota, T Someya - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biocompatible conductors are important components for soft and stretchable bioelectronics
for digital healthcare, which have attracted extensive research efforts. Natural biopolymers …

Stimuli‐responsive biomolecule‐based hydrogels and their applications

M Vázquez‐González, I Willner - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This Review presents polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, nucleic acids, peptides, and
proteins as functional stimuli‐responsive polymer scaffolds that yield hydrogels with …

Wearables in medicine

AK Yetisen, JL Martinez‐Hurtado, B Ünal… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Wearables as medical technologies are becoming an integral part of personal analytics,
measuring physical status, recording physiological parameters, or informing schedule for …