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Electronic Skins for Healthcare Monitoring and Smart Prostheses

Chen, Haotian  
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Dejace, Laurent  
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Lacour, Stephanie P.  
January 1, 2021
Annual Review Of Control, Robotics, And Autonomous Systems

The human skin is a unique organ that embeds multiple functions that no artificial systems can currently replicate. Advances in materials science and engineering are driving the design of electronic skins-large-area sensor arrays that mimic some sensory modalities and have the soft, elastic form of natural skin. Here, we focus on electronic skins designed to be worn on the human body for healthcare monitoring or prosthetic applications. The primary sensing modalities are mechanical, thermal, and electrophysiological. We review key materials and associated designs needed to manufacture electronic devices that can conform to the human body and move along with it. Electronic skins offer exciting opportunities for human-machine interfaces.

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research article
DOI
10.1146/annurev-control-071320-101023
Web of Science ID

WOS:000652492900024

Author(s)
Chen, Haotian  
Dejace, Laurent  
Lacour, Stephanie P.  
Date Issued

2021-01-01

Publisher

ANNUAL REVIEWS

Published in
Annual Review Of Control, Robotics, And Autonomous Systems
Volume

4

Start page

629

End page

650

Subjects

electronic skin

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healthcare

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prosthesis

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soft materials

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pressure sensors

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strain sensor

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stretchable electronics

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directional variations

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percolation-threshold

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thin-films

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on-skin

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tactile

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pedotpss

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devices

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