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Printable, Highly Sensitive Flexible Temperature Sensors for Human Body Temperature Monitoring: A Review

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Su, Yi, Ma, Chunsheng, Chen, Jing, Wu, Huiping, Luo, Weixiang, Peng, Yueming, Luo, Zebang, Li, Lin +5 more·2020·Nanoscale Research Letters

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In recent years, the development and research of flexible sensors have gradually deepened, and the performance of wearable, flexible devices for monitoring body temperature has also improved. For the human body, body temperature changes reflect much information about human health, and abnormal body temperature changes usually indicate poor health. Although body temperature is independent of the environment, the body surface temperature is easily affected by the surrounding environment, bringing challenges to body temperature monitoring equipment. To achieve real-time and sensitive detection of various parts temperature of the human body, researchers have developed many different types of high-sensitivity flexible temperature sensors, perfecting the function of electronic skin, and also proposed many practical applications. This article reviews the current research status of highly sensitive patterned flexible temperature sensors used to monitor body temperature changes. First, commonly used substrates and active materials for flexible temperature sensors have been summarized. Second, patterned fabricating methods and processes of flexible temperature sensors are introduced. Then, flexible temperature sensing performance are comprehensively discussed, including temperature measurement range, sensitivity, response time, temperature resolution. Finally, the application of flexible temperature sensors based on highly delicate patterning are demonstrated, and the future challenges of flexible temperature sensors have prospected.

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Authors
Su, Y., Ma, C., Chen, J., Wu, H., Luo, W., Peng, Y., Luo, Z., Li, L., Tan, Y., Omisore, O. M., Zhu, Z., Wang, L., & Li, H.
Affiliations
  • North University of China (CN)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Jinan University (CN)
Corresponding author
Li, Hui
Venue
Nanoscale Research Letters
Published
2020-10-15
Volume
15
Issue
1
Pages
200-200
ISSN
1556-276X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3092653449
Cited by
287
References
200
Citations by year
2026: 37 · 2025: 65 · 2024: 72 · 2023: 50 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 1
FWCI
2.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Nanoscale Research Letters (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1913216, 61803364, U1713219)
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFC1711701)
  • Shenzhen Fundamental Research Project (JCYJ20180302145549896)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
Keywords
flexible temperature sensors, body temperature monitoring, wearable electronics, electronic skin, sensor substrates, active materials, temperature sensitivity, response time (sensor), temperature resolution

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