Flexible and Stretchable Sensors and Actuators for Engineering Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2024) | Viewed by 7522
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Interests: smart textiles; e-textiles; electro-conductive coatings; textile electronic components; functional multilayer systems
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Dear Colleagues,
Flexible and stretchable sensors and actuators are a growing and fascinating interdisciplinary research field with enormous potential in the future due to their portability, lightweight and enhanced integration possibilities. The most prominent examples can be found in the area of wearable and consumer electronics: flexible displays, clothing systems with integrated electrodes, smart patches for wound monitoring as well as the smart packaging of consumer goods. The application fields range from healthcare and well-being, personal protective equipment and sports to automotive and structural health monitoring in buildings and construction, among other fields.
One of the most crucial issues to be solved is the identification of reliable materials and processes to develop flexible and stretchable sensors and actuators, and, of course, adequate characterization methods. Research institutes, universities and commercial companies currently meet this challenge and are developing promising materials and production and testing methods.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish high-quality research articles as well as reviews on the above challenges by combining experimental and theoretical methods to address recent achievements in the development and characterization of the addressed components, as well as their potential applications.
Prof. Dr. Anne Schwarz-Pfeiffer
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- smart textiles
- smart packaging
- flexible electronics for healthcare
- stretchable actuators
- smart patches
- organic electronics
- flexible displays
- sustainable materials and processes for flexible and stretchable electronics
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