Long-term reliable physical health monitoring by sweat pore–inspired perforated electronic skins
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Yeon, Hanwool; Lee, Haneol; Kim, Yeongin; Lee, Doyoon; Lee, Youngjoo; Lee, Jong-Sung; Shin, Jiho; Choi, Chanyeol; Kang, Ji-Hoon; Suh, Jun Min; Kim, Hyunseok; Kum, Hyun S; Lee, Jaeyong; Kim, Daeyeon; Ko, Kyul; Ma, Boo Soo; Lin, Peng; Han, Sangwook; Kim, Sungkyu; Bae, Sang-Hoon; Kim, Taek-Soo; Park, Min-Chul; Joo, Young-Chang; Kim, Eunjoo; Han, Jiyeon; Kim, Jeehwan; ... Show more Show less
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Electronic skins (e-skins)-electronic sensors mechanically compliant to human skin-have long been developed as an ideal electronic platform for noninvasive human health monitoring. For reliable physical health monitoring, the interface between the e-skin and human skin must be conformal and intact consistently. However, conventional e-skins cannot perfectly permeate sweat in normal day-to-day activities, resulting in degradation of the intimate interface over time and impeding stable physical sensing. Here, we present a sweat pore-inspired perforated e-skin that can effectively suppress sweat accumulation and allow inorganic sensors to obtain physical health information without malfunctioning. The auxetic dumbbell through-hole patterns in perforated e-skins lead to synergistic effects on physical properties including mechanical reliability, conformability, areal mass density, and adhesion to the skin. The perforated e-skin allows one to laminate onto the skin with consistent homeostasis, enabling multiple inorganic sensors on the skin to reliably monitor the wearer's health over a period of weeks.
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2021Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and EngineeringJournal
Science Advances
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Yeon, Hanwool, Lee, Haneol, Kim, Yeongin, Lee, Doyoon, Lee, Youngjoo et al. 2021. "Long-term reliable physical health monitoring by sweat pore–inspired perforated electronic skins." Science Advances, 7 (27).
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