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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,603 Views
11 Pages

2 October 2020

An electrochemical sensor for the detection of glucose and acetylthiocholine (ATC) using thread- and capillary tube-based electrodes is described. Three nylon thread-based electrodes were fabricated by painting pieces of trifurcated nylon thread with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,384 Views
13 Pages

An Accessible Yarn-Based Sensor for In-Field Detection of Succinylcholine Poisoning

  • Victor Ong,
  • Nicholas R. Cortez,
  • Ziru Xu,
  • Farbod Amirghasemi,
  • Mohamed K. Abd El-Rahman and
  • Maral P. S. Mousavi

Succinylcholine (SUX) is a clinical anesthetic that induces temporary paralysis and is degraded by endogenous enzymes within the body. In high doses and without respiratory support, it results in rapid and untraceable death by asphyxiation. A potenti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,108 Views
10 Pages

Toward Continuous Molecular Testing Using Gold-Coated Threads as Multi-Target Electrochemical Biosensors

  • Martin Hanze,
  • Shirin Khaliliazar,
  • Pedro Réu,
  • Anna Toldrà and
  • Mahiar M. Hamedi

25 August 2023

Analytical systems based on isothermal nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) paired with electroanalytical detection enable cost-effective, sensitive, and specific digital pathogen detection for various in situ applications such as point-of-care m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,966 Views
21 Pages

Silver Conductive Threads-Based Embroidered Electrodes on Textiles as Moisture Sensors for Fluid Detection in Biomedical Applications

  • Saima Qureshi,
  • Goran M. Stojanović,
  • Mitar Simić,
  • Varun Jeoti,
  • Najeebullah Lashari and
  • Farooq Sher

17 December 2021

Wearable sensors have become part of our daily life for health monitoring. The detection of moisture content is critical for many applications. In the present research, textile-based embroidered sensors were developed that can be integrated with a ba...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,463 Views
9 Pages

Miniaturized Iridium Oxide Microwire pH Sensor for Biofluid Sensing

  • Khengdauliu Chawang,
  • Sen Bing,
  • Ki Yong Kwon and
  • J.-C. Chiao

pH regulation in human biofluids is a crucial step for disease diagnosis and health monitoring. Traditional pH sensors are limited by their bulky size in wearable systems, and fragile glass tips require frequent calibration, thus limiting their use i...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,951 Views
10 Pages

Experimental Investigation on Rotating Electrochemical Etching of a Micro Spiral Cylindrical Electrode

  • Qiuju Xiong,
  • Huali Wang,
  • Xueliang Wang,
  • Shihui Deng,
  • Yong Liu and
  • Zhen Lv

16 October 2019

To realize the electrochemical etching of a micro spiral cylindrical electrode, a new method of rotating electrochemical etching is proposed, and its process is further studied. First, according to the electrochemical etching principle, the machining...

  • Article
  • Open Access
69 Citations
7,440 Views
9 Pages

In an effort to fabricate a wearable piezoelectric energy harvester based on core-shell piezoelectric yarns with external electrodes, flexible piezoelectric nanofibers of BNT-ST (0.78Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-0.22SrTiO3) and polyvinylidene fluoride-trifluoroeth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,855 Views
15 Pages

Evaluation of Novel Embroidered Textile-Electrodes Made from Hybrid Polyamide Conductive Threads for Surface EMG Sensing

  • Bulcha Belay Etana,
  • Benny Malengier,
  • Timothy Kwa,
  • Janarthanan Krishnamoorthy and
  • Lieva Van Langenhove

29 April 2023

Recently, there has been an increase in the number of reports on textile-based dry electrodes that can detect biopotentials without the need for electrolytic gels. However, these textile electrodes have a higher electrode skin interface impedance due...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
9,931 Views
15 Pages

14 July 2005

Ferrocenylnaphthalene diimide 1 can bind to double stranded DNA (dsDNA) by the threading intercalation mode and the resulting complex was stabilized further by β- cyclodextrin (CD) by forming a supramolecular complex. These complex formation processe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,398 Views
26 Pages

Contact Resistance Sensing for Touch and Squeeze Interactions

  • Nianmei Zhou,
  • Steven Devleminck and
  • Luc Geurts

This study investigates accessible and sensitive electrode solutions for detecting touches and squeezes on soft interfaces based on commercially available conductive polyurethane foam. Various electrode materials and configurations are explored, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,193 Views
11 Pages

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects a significant portion of humanity’s elderly population across the globe. Recent studies have identified Amyloid-Beta 42 (Aβ42) as a key biomarker for AD. In this research, we examined the feasibility...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,735 Views
14 Pages

6 November 2023

Wearable 2.0 research has been conducted on the manufacture of smart fitness wear that collects bio-signals through the wearing of a textile-based electrode. Among them, the electromyography (EMG) suit measures the electrical signals generated by the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,387 Views
11 Pages

16 May 2019

In order to reduce the driving voltage and gain better output characteristics of piezoelectric actuators, an eight-zonal piezoelectric tube-type threaded ultrasonic motor based on two second-order bending modes was analyzed using the method of finite...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
113 Citations
13,144 Views
11 Pages

Washable and Reliable Textile Electrodes Embedded into Underwear Fabric for Electrocardiography (ECG) Monitoring

  • Amale Ankhili,
  • Xuyuan Tao,
  • Cédric Cochrane,
  • David Coulon and
  • Vladan Koncar

7 February 2018

A medical quality electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is necessary for permanent monitoring, and an accurate heart examination can be obtained from instrumented underwear only if it is equipped with high-quality, flexible, textile-based electrodes guarant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,615 Views
10 Pages

The Potential of Double-Faced Polyester-Viscose Woven Fabric as a Porous Substrate for Direct-Coating and Multilayer Concept

  • Asril Senoaji Soekoco,
  • Dody Mustafa,
  • Dinan Oktavian,
  • Fahruk Bahtiar,
  • Tina Martina,
  • Nugraha and
  • Brian Yuliarto

30 November 2023

Textile-based sensors fabricated using the direct-coating method are the appropriate choice to meet the aspects of flexibility, non-invasiveness, and lightness for continuous monitoring of the human body. The characteristics of the sensor substrate a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,530 Views
15 Pages

18 January 2023

This study presents a respiration sensor that is dependent on a parallel capacitor, including connection lines and electrodes embroidered on textiles. First, characterizations of the respiration capacitor using a silver thread, including a combinatio...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,527 Views
7 Pages

Improved Skin–Electrode Impedance Characteristics of Embroidered Textile Electrodes for Sustainable Long-Term EMG Monitoring

  • Bulcha Belay Etana,
  • Benny Malengier,
  • Janarthanan Krishnamoorthy and
  • Lieve Van Langenhove

Textile-based electrodes offer several advantages such as washability, flexibility, and reusability. However, there are challenges when it comes to long-term, real-time continuous monitoring, particularly during self-administration situations which i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,215 Views
15 Pages

Pilot Study on the Use of a Laser-Structured Double Diamond Electrode (DDE) for Biofilm Removal from Dental Implant Surfaces

  • Maximilian Koch,
  • Andreas Burkovski,
  • Manuel Zulla,
  • Stefan Rosiwal,
  • Walter Geißdörfer,
  • Roman Dittmar and
  • Tanja Grobecker-Karl

21 September 2020

No proper treatment option for peri-implantitis exists yet. Based on previous studies showing the in vitro effectiveness of electrochemical disinfection using boron-doped diamond electrodes, novel double diamond electrodes (DDE) were tested here. Usi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,405 Views
18 Pages

Textronic Capacitive Sensor with an RFID Interface

  • Patryk Pyt,
  • Kacper Skrobacz,
  • Piotr Jankowski-Mihułowicz and
  • Mariusz Węglarski

7 June 2024

This article presents an innovative combination of textile electrical circuits with advanced capabilities of electronic RFID sensors, indicating the revolutionary nature of the development of textronics, which is used in various areas of life, from f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
98 Citations
13,807 Views
18 Pages

Development of Fabric-Based Chemical Gas Sensors for Use as Wearable Electronic Noses

  • Thara Seesaard,
  • Panida Lorwongtragool and
  • Teerakiat Kerdcharoen

16 January 2015

Novel gas sensors embroidered into fabric substrates based on polymers/ SWNT-COOH nanocomposites were proposed in this paper, aiming for their use as a wearable electronic nose (e-nose). The fabric-based chemical gas sensors were fabricated by two ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,246 Views
17 Pages

23 August 2022

Many studies have been conducted to develop electronic skin (e-skin) and flexible wearable textiles which transform into actual “skin”, using different approaches. Moreover, many reports have investigated self-healing materials, multifunc...