Recent advances in liquid-metal-based wearable electronics and materials
Summary: Soft wearable electronics are rapidly developing through exploration of new materials, fabrication approaches, and design concepts. Although there have been many efforts for decades, a resurgence of interest in liquid metals (LMs) for sensing and wiring functional properties of materials in...
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| description | Summary: Soft wearable electronics are rapidly developing through exploration of new materials, fabrication approaches, and design concepts. Although there have been many efforts for decades, a resurgence of interest in liquid metals (LMs) for sensing and wiring functional properties of materials in soft wearable electronics has brought great advances in wearable electronics and materials. Various forms of LMs enable many routes to fabricate flexible and stretchable sensors, circuits, and functional wearables with many desirable properties. This review article presents a systematic overview of recent progresses in LM-enabled wearable electronics that have been achieved through material innovations and the discovery of new fabrication approaches and design architectures. We also present applications of wearable LM technologies for physiological sensing, activity tracking, and energy harvesting. Finally, we discuss a perspective on future opportunities and challenges for wearable LM electronics as this field continues to grow. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ce7b6780dcf40969a92b850aabea2562022-12-21T22:12:24ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422021-07-01247102698Recent advances in liquid-metal-based wearable electronics and materialsPhillip Won0Seongmin Jeong1Carmel Majidi2Seung Hwan Ko3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, KoreaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, KoreaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Corresponding authorDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; Institute of Advanced Machines and Design / Institute of Engineering Research, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea; Corresponding authorSummary: Soft wearable electronics are rapidly developing through exploration of new materials, fabrication approaches, and design concepts. Although there have been many efforts for decades, a resurgence of interest in liquid metals (LMs) for sensing and wiring functional properties of materials in soft wearable electronics has brought great advances in wearable electronics and materials. Various forms of LMs enable many routes to fabricate flexible and stretchable sensors, circuits, and functional wearables with many desirable properties. This review article presents a systematic overview of recent progresses in LM-enabled wearable electronics that have been achieved through material innovations and the discovery of new fabrication approaches and design architectures. We also present applications of wearable LM technologies for physiological sensing, activity tracking, and energy harvesting. Finally, we discuss a perspective on future opportunities and challenges for wearable LM electronics as this field continues to grow.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221006660BioelectronicsMetalsElectronic materialsDevices |
| spellingShingle | Phillip Won Seongmin Jeong Carmel Majidi Seung Hwan Ko Recent advances in liquid-metal-based wearable electronics and materials iScience Bioelectronics Metals Electronic materials Devices |
| title | Recent advances in liquid-metal-based wearable electronics and materials |
| title_full | Recent advances in liquid-metal-based wearable electronics and materials |
| title_fullStr | Recent advances in liquid-metal-based wearable electronics and materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent advances in liquid-metal-based wearable electronics and materials |
| title_short | Recent advances in liquid-metal-based wearable electronics and materials |
| title_sort | recent advances in liquid metal based wearable electronics and materials |
| topic | Bioelectronics Metals Electronic materials Devices |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221006660 |
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