C-MAST, Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and Technologies, Universidade da Beira Interior, Rua Marquês d'Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal.
ACS Sens. 2024 Mar 22;9(3):1104-1133. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.3c02555. Epub 2024 Feb 23.
Due to an ever-increasing amount of the population focusing more on their personal health, thanks to rising living standards, there is a pressing need to improve personal healthcare devices. These devices presently require laborious, time-consuming, and convoluted procedures that heavily rely on cumbersome equipment, causing discomfort and pain for the patients during invasive methods such as sample-gathering, blood sampling, and other traditional benchtop techniques. The solution lies in the development of new flexible sensors with temperature, humidity, strain, pressure, and sweat detection and monitoring capabilities, mimicking some of the sensory capabilities of the skin. In this review, a comprehensive presentation of the themes regarding flexible sensors, chosen materials, manufacturing processes, and trends was made. It was concluded that carbon-based composite materials, along with graphene and its derivates, have garnered significant interest due to their electromechanical stability, extraordinary electrical conductivity, high specific surface area, variety, and relatively low cost.
由于生活水平的提高，越来越多的人更加关注个人健康，因此迫切需要改进个人医疗保健设备。这些设备目前需要繁琐、耗时且复杂的程序，严重依赖笨重的设备，在侵入性方法（如采样、采血和其他传统台式技术）中给患者带来不适和疼痛。解决方案在于开发具有温度、湿度、应变、压力和汗液检测和监测功能的新型柔性传感器，模拟皮肤的一些感觉功能。在这篇综述中，全面介绍了关于柔性传感器、所选材料、制造工艺和趋势的主题。结论是，由于其机电稳定性、非凡的导电性、高比表面积、多样性和相对较低的成本，基于碳的复合材料以及石墨烯及其衍生物引起了极大的关注。
