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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
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Development of a Three‐Axis Planar Hall Magnetoresistance Sensor Using a Superparamagnetic Nanoparticle‐Based Flux Guide

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A printed superparamagnetic nanoparticle‐based flux guide enables the realization of a hysteresis‐free three‐axis magnetic sensor. This innovative architecture efficiently redirects out‐of‐plane fields to planar sensing elements, facilitating simultaneous vector detection without complex reset protocols.
Changyeop Jeon, Mijin Kim, Keonmok Kim, Byeonghwa Lim, Bibhutibhusan Nayak, Youngdo Jung, Bo‐Yeon Lee, Taehyeong Jeon, Jinwoo Kim, Sunjong Oh, CheolGi Kim   +10 more
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Effectiveness of Wearable Electronic Device for Fall Risk Prevention in Community Elderly: A Literature Review

Lentera Perawat
The increasing incidence of falls in the elderly has become a global health issue. The development of wearable electronic device technology is able to monitor daily activities, measure step counts, physical activity levels, and even sleep patterns of the
Kadek Dewi Cahyani, Sukihananto, Astuti Yuni Nursasi   +2 more
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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han, Shuvra Mondal, Sungkeun Han, Chan‐Hwi Eom, Venkata Ramesh Naganaboina, Suk‐Won Hwang   +5 more
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A novel digital health approach to improving global pediatric sepsis care in Bangladesh using wearable technology and machine learning.

PLOS Digital Health
Sepsis is the leading cause of child death globally with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bearing a disproportionate burden of pediatric sepsis deaths.
Stephanie C Garbern, Gazi Md Salahuddin Mamun, Shamsun Nahar Shaima, Nicole Hakim, Stephan Wegerich, Srilakshmi Alla, Monira Sarmin, Farzana Afroze, Jadranka Sekaric, Alicia Genisca, Nidhi Kadakia, Kikuyo Shaw, Abu Sayem Mirza Md Hasibur Rahman, Monique Gainey, Tahmeed Ahmed, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Adam C Levine   +16 more
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Semiconducting Polymers Post‐Functionalized With Ureido‐Pyrimidinone for Robust Stretchable Transistors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The design of intrinsically robust stretchable semiconducting polymers was achieved through OTBS‐mediated post‐functionalization of PDPP2T side chains with UPy units, generating dual hydrogen‐bonding motifs comprising weaker urethane linkages and strong quadruple UPy interactions along the long alkyl side chain, which is crucial for achieving desirable
Dinda Bazliah, Livy Laysandra, Kosuke Terayama, Xingyu Yang, Atsushi Isobe, Tai‐Chin Chiang, Tsuyoshi Michinobu, Yu‐Cheng Chiu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fabrication of laser-machined hair-on-a-chip for long-term culture of hair tissue

Materials & Design
Hair loss caused by stress, hormonal changes, medications, genetics, and burns is increasing annually, yet treatment options remain limited. Here we developed a laser-machined hair-on-a-chip model by laser-drilling 150 μm holes into a scaffold and ...
Subin Jeong, Seongmin Jeong, Hyeon-Min Nam, Seung Hwan Ko, Gun Yong Sung   +4 more
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Polymer Substrates for Flexible Sensors: Advances and Contributions to Smart Agriculture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes recent advances in polymer‐based flexible sensors for smart agriculture, focusing on polymer substrate design, interface engineering, and applications in soil, plant, animal, aquaculture, and post‐harvest monitoring.
Yihui Li, Zhangzheng Xiao, Zheng Yan, Adnan Raza Altaf, Qun Song, Dingding Yao, Afshan Sohail, Yixin Wang, Wenxiu Ma, Shanjun Li, Yaohui Chen, Peiwen Liu, Kai Zhang   +12 more
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Bridging Polymer Brushes and Coatings Through Ultra‐Thick Growth by Surface‐Initiated Photoiniferter Polymerization

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Surface‐initiated photoiniferter‐mediated polymerization (SI‐PIMP) enables the controlled growth of UHMW polymer brushes with multi‐micrometer thicknesses, bridging conventional brushes and bulk‐like coatings. UHMW brushes are synthesized through a controlled/living process; they provide low friction and enhanced wear resistance under aqueous ...
Elena Avanzini, Emanuele Grigolon, Lily E. Diodati, Matteo Savio, Megan E. Lott, Kaden C. Stevens, Francesca Lorandi, Brent S. Sumerlin, Edmondo M. Benetti   +8 more
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A Low-Power High-Data-Transmission Multi-Lead ECG Acquisition Sensor System

Sensors, 2019
This study presents a low-power multi-lead wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) signal sensor system design that can simultaneously acquire the electrocardiograms from three leads, I, II, and V1.
Liang-Hung Wang, Wei Zhang, Ming-Hui Guan, Su-Ya Jiang, Ming-Hui Fan, Patricia Angela R. Abu, Chiung-An Chen, Shih-Lun Chen   +7 more
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