Room-Temperature Liquid-Metal-Based Flexible Sensors for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 317
Special Issue Editor
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Dear Colleagues,
Flexible sensors for use in biomedical applications have been gaining much attention both in the academic and industrial fields. Numerous conductive biomaterials with rigid structures were applied for sensing in the past, which naturally had many disadvantages regarding their ability to be worn, which meant that they could not be used as ideal biomaterial candidates. Recently, alongside the further exploration of room-temperature liquid metals, the potential advantages of these materials in biomedical sensing are becoming increasingly obvious. As liquid metal has many marvelous merits, such as exceptional electrical conductivity, high flexibility, favorable biocompatibility, tunable mechanical properties and low viscosity under room or body temperature, it can be easily integrated with soft substrates through channel injection or surface printing to fabricate various skin-attachable sensors. Over the years, such brand-new sensors have enabled significant achievements to be made in the field of biomedical applications, both in fundamental research and practical applications, which has paved the way for real-time health monitoring. In this review, multiple functions of liquid metal biomedical sensors will be summarized, and the latest developments in the field of liquid metal biomedical sensors and related biomedical advancements will be systematically summarized. Fabrication strategies and the application of devices will be demonstrated. Taken together, as an emerging flexible and conductive material, liquid metal is playing a critical role in the field of human healthcare in the age of electronic technology.
Dr. Lei Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- liquid metal
- biomedical sensors
- functions
- latest developments
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