Textile One-Component Organic Electrochemical Sensor for Near-Body Applications
The need for more efficient health services and the trend of a healthy lifestyle pushes the development of smart textiles. Since textiles have always been an object of everyday life, smart textiles promise an extensive user acceptance. Thereby, the manufacture of electrical components based on texti...
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| author | Rike Brendgen Carsten Graßmann Sandra Gellner Anne Schwarz-Pfeiffer |
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| description | The need for more efficient health services and the trend of a healthy lifestyle pushes the development of smart textiles. Since textiles have always been an object of everyday life, smart textiles promise an extensive user acceptance. Thereby, the manufacture of electrical components based on textile materials is of great interest for applications as biosensors. Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are often used as biosensors for the detection of saline content, adrenaline, glucose, etc., in diverse body fluids. Textile-based OECTs are mostly prepared by combining a liquid electrolyte solution with two separate electro-active yarns that must be precisely arranged in a textile structure. Herein, on the other hand, a biosensor based on a textile single-component organic electrochemical transistor with a hardened electrolyte was developed by common textile technologies such as impregnation and laminating. Its working principle was demonstrated by showing that the herein-produced transistor functions similarly to a switch or an amplifier and that it is able to detect ionic analytes of a saline solution. These findings support the idea of using this new device layout of textile-based OECTs as biosensors in near-body applications, though future work must be carried out to ensure reproducibility and selectivity, and to achieve an increased level of textile integration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8df4c40242b64040a3250889fac4dd802023-11-24T09:15:51ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2022-11-011311198010.3390/mi13111980Textile One-Component Organic Electrochemical Sensor for Near-Body ApplicationsRike Brendgen0Carsten Graßmann1Sandra Gellner2Anne Schwarz-Pfeiffer3Research Institute for Textile and Clothing (FTB), Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Webschulstr. 31, 41065 Moenchengladbach, GermanyResearch Institute for Textile and Clothing (FTB), Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Webschulstr. 31, 41065 Moenchengladbach, GermanyFaculty Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Reinarzstr. 49, 47805 Krefeld, GermanyFaculty of Textile and Clothing Technology, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Webschulstr. 31, 41065 Moenchengladbach, GermanyThe need for more efficient health services and the trend of a healthy lifestyle pushes the development of smart textiles. Since textiles have always been an object of everyday life, smart textiles promise an extensive user acceptance. Thereby, the manufacture of electrical components based on textile materials is of great interest for applications as biosensors. Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) are often used as biosensors for the detection of saline content, adrenaline, glucose, etc., in diverse body fluids. Textile-based OECTs are mostly prepared by combining a liquid electrolyte solution with two separate electro-active yarns that must be precisely arranged in a textile structure. Herein, on the other hand, a biosensor based on a textile single-component organic electrochemical transistor with a hardened electrolyte was developed by common textile technologies such as impregnation and laminating. Its working principle was demonstrated by showing that the herein-produced transistor functions similarly to a switch or an amplifier and that it is able to detect ionic analytes of a saline solution. These findings support the idea of using this new device layout of textile-based OECTs as biosensors in near-body applications, though future work must be carried out to ensure reproducibility and selectivity, and to achieve an increased level of textile integration.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/13/11/1980textile sensorsbiosensingsmart textilesporous electrodeflexible transistorOECT |
| spellingShingle | Rike Brendgen Carsten Graßmann Sandra Gellner Anne Schwarz-Pfeiffer Textile One-Component Organic Electrochemical Sensor for Near-Body Applications Micromachines textile sensors biosensing smart textiles porous electrode flexible transistor OECT |
| title | Textile One-Component Organic Electrochemical Sensor for Near-Body Applications |
| title_full | Textile One-Component Organic Electrochemical Sensor for Near-Body Applications |
| title_fullStr | Textile One-Component Organic Electrochemical Sensor for Near-Body Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Textile One-Component Organic Electrochemical Sensor for Near-Body Applications |
| title_short | Textile One-Component Organic Electrochemical Sensor for Near-Body Applications |
| title_sort | textile one component organic electrochemical sensor for near body applications |
| topic | textile sensors biosensing smart textiles porous electrode flexible transistor OECT |
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