TY - JOUR
T1 - Wearable sensors based on colloidal nanocrystals
AU - Lee, Woo Seok
AU - Jeon, Sanghyun
AU - Oh, Soong Ju
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (2016R1C1B2006534), and Creative Materials Discovery Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by Ministry of Science and ICT (NRF-2018M3D1A1059001). This research was also supported by Korea Electric Power Corporation (R18XA06-02).
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - In recent times, wearable sensors have attracted significant attention in various research fields and industries. The rapid growth of the wearable sensor related research and industry has led to the development of new devices and advanced applications such as bio-integrated devices, wearable health care systems, soft robotics, and electronic skins, among others. Nanocrystals (NCs) are promising building blocks for the design of novel wearable sensors, due to their solution processability and tunable properties. In this paper, an overview of NC synthesis, NC thin film fabrication, and the functionalization of NCs for wearable applications (strain sensors, pressure sensors, and temperature sensors) are provided. The recent development of NC-based strain, pressure, and temperature sensors is reviewed, and a discussion on their strategies and operating principles is presented. Finally, the current limitations of NC-based wearable sensors are discussed, in addition to methods to overcome these limitations.
AB - In recent times, wearable sensors have attracted significant attention in various research fields and industries. The rapid growth of the wearable sensor related research and industry has led to the development of new devices and advanced applications such as bio-integrated devices, wearable health care systems, soft robotics, and electronic skins, among others. Nanocrystals (NCs) are promising building blocks for the design of novel wearable sensors, due to their solution processability and tunable properties. In this paper, an overview of NC synthesis, NC thin film fabrication, and the functionalization of NCs for wearable applications (strain sensors, pressure sensors, and temperature sensors) are provided. The recent development of NC-based strain, pressure, and temperature sensors is reviewed, and a discussion on their strategies and operating principles is presented. Finally, the current limitations of NC-based wearable sensors are discussed, in addition to methods to overcome these limitations.
KW - Nanocrystals
KW - Pressure sensors
KW - Strain sensors
KW - Temperature sensors
KW - Wearable devices
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U2 - 10.1186/s40580-019-0180-7
DO - 10.1186/s40580-019-0180-7
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85070916089
VL - 6
JO - Nano Convergence
JF - Nano Convergence
SN - 2196-5404
IS - 1
M1 - 10
ER -