Textile Chemical Sensors Based on Conductive Polymers for the Analysis of Sweat
Wearable textile chemical sensors are promising devices due to the potential applications in medicine, sports activities and occupational safety and health. Reaching the maturity required for commercialization is a technology challenge that mainly involves material science because these sensors shou...
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| author | Isacco Gualandi Marta Tessarolo Federica Mariani Luca Possanzini Erika Scavetta Beatrice Fraboni |
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| description | Wearable textile chemical sensors are promising devices due to the potential applications in medicine, sports activities and occupational safety and health. Reaching the maturity required for commercialization is a technology challenge that mainly involves material science because these sensors should be adapted to flexible and light-weight substrates to preserve the comfort of the wearer. Conductive polymers (CPs) are a fascinating solution to meet this demand, as they exhibit the mechanical properties of polymers, with an electrical conductivity typical of semiconductors. Moreover, their biocompatibility makes them promising candidates for effectively interfacing the human body. In particular, sweat analysis is very attractive to wearable technologies as perspiration is a naturally occurring process and sweat can be sampled non-invasively and continuously over time. This review discusses the role of CPs in the development of textile electrochemical sensors specifically designed for real-time sweat monitoring and the main challenges related to this topic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87251bc0931a4f16a256a607e4f449672023-11-21T10:28:02ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602021-03-0113689410.3390/polym13060894Textile Chemical Sensors Based on Conductive Polymers for the Analysis of SweatIsacco Gualandi0Marta Tessarolo1Federica Mariani2Luca Possanzini3Erika Scavetta4Beatrice Fraboni5Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale ‘Toso Montanari’, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, ItalyDipartimento di Chimica Industriale ‘Toso Montanari’, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, ItalyDipartimento di Chimica Industriale ‘Toso Montanari’, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, ItalyWearable textile chemical sensors are promising devices due to the potential applications in medicine, sports activities and occupational safety and health. Reaching the maturity required for commercialization is a technology challenge that mainly involves material science because these sensors should be adapted to flexible and light-weight substrates to preserve the comfort of the wearer. Conductive polymers (CPs) are a fascinating solution to meet this demand, as they exhibit the mechanical properties of polymers, with an electrical conductivity typical of semiconductors. Moreover, their biocompatibility makes them promising candidates for effectively interfacing the human body. In particular, sweat analysis is very attractive to wearable technologies as perspiration is a naturally occurring process and sweat can be sampled non-invasively and continuously over time. This review discusses the role of CPs in the development of textile electrochemical sensors specifically designed for real-time sweat monitoring and the main challenges related to this topic.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/6/894conductive polymerswearable sensorstextile sensorsfiber electronicssweat analysispotentiometric sensors |
| spellingShingle | Isacco Gualandi Marta Tessarolo Federica Mariani Luca Possanzini Erika Scavetta Beatrice Fraboni Textile Chemical Sensors Based on Conductive Polymers for the Analysis of Sweat Polymers conductive polymers wearable sensors textile sensors fiber electronics sweat analysis potentiometric sensors |
| title | Textile Chemical Sensors Based on Conductive Polymers for the Analysis of Sweat |
| title_full | Textile Chemical Sensors Based on Conductive Polymers for the Analysis of Sweat |
| title_fullStr | Textile Chemical Sensors Based on Conductive Polymers for the Analysis of Sweat |
| title_full_unstemmed | Textile Chemical Sensors Based on Conductive Polymers for the Analysis of Sweat |
| title_short | Textile Chemical Sensors Based on Conductive Polymers for the Analysis of Sweat |
| title_sort | textile chemical sensors based on conductive polymers for the analysis of sweat |
| topic | conductive polymers wearable sensors textile sensors fiber electronics sweat analysis potentiometric sensors |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/6/894 |
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