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From: Emerging flexible and wearable physical sensing platforms for healthcare and biomedical applications
Emerging flexible and wearable physical sensing platforms for healthcare and biomedical applications. Flexible physical sensors comprise two distinct building blocks, that is, the flexible template materials and the active sensing elements, which may take either solid or liquid form. The fundamental sensing mechanism of the flexible and wearable sensors is based on the mechanical deformations experienced by the sensing devices, such as pressing, stretching, bending, and twisting. Emerging applications of flexible and wearable sensors in the healthcare and biomedical fields include artificial electronic skins, physiological monitoring and assessment systems, and therapeutic and drug delivery platforms.
