Nanomaterials for Flexible Wearable Devices
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2026 | Viewed by 69
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanowires; 2D materials; crystal growth; X-ray diffraction; micro and nanofabrication; semiconductor devices; flexible electronics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As next-generation healthcare technologies, great promise is held by electronic devices that can be worn on the skin, integrated into textiles or accessories such as bracelets, watches, glasses, diapers, band-aids, contact lenses and face masks, or even implanted into the human body, with applications in cardiology and neurology. These devices enable the real-time monitoring of biosignals and the ambient conditions, the collection of physiological data and on-demand drug delivery. Traditional wearable devices, characterized by bulky structures and mechanical rigidity, are typically uncomfortable and do not allow for conformal contact with soft and curvilinear human skin, which is necessary for biosignal acquisition and feedback stimulation.
In this context, due to their excellent and tunable optoelectronic properties, unique form factors and high mechanical flexibility, 2D, 1D and 0D nanomaterials represent ideal building blocks for next-generation flexible and wearable electronic devices. These materials will enable us to fabricate devices that are thinner, lighter, smaller, softer and more comfortable. Furthermore, nanomaterials can be prepared using cost-effective solution-based methods and printed using commercial techniques directly onto flexible substrates such as plastic, paper, textiles or metal foils, enabling the low-cost mass production of wearable devices and thus fostering their diffusion.
This Special Issue of Nanomaterials aims to cover all the ways wearable technologies can be enhanced using organic, inorganic or hybrid organic–inorganic nanomaterials, focusing on recent advances in their synthesis and properties as well as their application in wearable devices. The topics of interest include but are not limited to nanomaterials for use in sensors and biosensors, flexible energy harvesters and storage systems, transistors, actuators, displays, processors and memories.
I am pleased to invite the community to submit original research papers and reviews for this Special Issue and look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Gabriele Calabrese Sivieri
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- two-dimensional layered materials
- transition metal dichalcogenides
- nanowires
- flexible transistors
- energy harvesters
- soft lithography techniques
- wearable devices
- printable electronics
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