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A review on recent advancements in wearable microbial fuel cells

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Highly Flexible, Adhesive, Antimicrobial, and Self-Powered Hydrogel Strain Sensor for Human Motion Monitoring

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Bismuth Sodium Titanate-Enhanced Microfibrillated Cellulose/Poly(acrylic acid) Double-Network Piezoelectric Hydrogel for a Self-Powered, Flexible, and Durable Strain Sensor

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A self-powered wearable piezoelectric nanogenerator for physiological monitoring based on lead zirconate titanate/microfibrillated cellulose@polyvinyl alcohol (PZT/MFC@PVA) composition

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Ultra-Broad Linear Range and Sensitive Flexible Piezoresistive Sensor Using Reversed Lattice Structure for Wearable Electronics

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Variable Stiffness Flexible Wearable Pressure Sensors with Dual-Mode Switching Sensitivity and Working Pressure Range

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Lignocellulosic Films: Preparation, Properties, and Applications

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A Comparative Investigation of the Surface Properties of Corn-Starch-Microfibrillated Cellulose Composite Films

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Advances in Piezoelectric Biopolymer Materials for High-Performance Biomedical Sensing and Actuation

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Additively manufactured flexible piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate-nanocellulose films with outstanding mechanical strength, dielectric and piezoelectric properties

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Biomechanical Monitoring of Exercise Fatigue Using Wearable Devices: A Review

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Gait Pattern Analysis: Integration of a Highly Sensitive Flexible Pressure Sensor on a Wireless Instrumented Insole

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Flexible Piezoelectric Nanogenerator Based on PVDF with Inserted Metal–Organic Framework-Derived ZrO2-Graphene Nanoplatelets

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Recent progress in piezoelectric thin films as self-powered devices: material and application

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Recent advances in polysaccharide-derived piezoelectric nanogenerators for wound healing application

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Highly Sensitive and Flexible Capacitive Pressure Sensors Based on Vertical Graphene and Micro-Pyramidal Dielectric Layer

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Applications of cellulose-based flexible self-healing sensors for human health monitoring

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Electrospun (K,Na)NbO3 Piezoceramic Fibers for Self‐Powered Tactile Sensing Application

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Research progress of the plantar pressure monitoring system for gait analysis

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A porous elastomer with a cavity array for three-dimensional plantar force sensing

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Fabrication of high-content β-phase CNTs/ZnO@PVDF nanofibrous mats with microgrid structure and application in flexible piezoelectric sensor

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A review on intelligence of cellulose based materials

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Flexible Mussel-inspired Hydrogel with Polyaniline and Polypyrrole for Transparent Wearable Strain Sensors: Investigation of Physical Properties, Self-healing, and Electrical Conductivity

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BNT Scaffold Contributes to High-Performance Piezoelectric Composite Membranes for Self-Powered Flexible Pressure Sensors

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ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., 2024, 6, 9203
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Fast Response Double-Layered Graphene-Based Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor for Wearable Applications

Samira Lakouraj Mansouri, Babar Ali, Negin Faramarzi, Umar Farooq, Hossein Cheraghi Bidsorkhi, Alessandro Giuseppe D'Aloia, Alessio Tamburano and Maria Sabrina Sarto

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Cellulose-based fibrous materials for self-powered wearable pressure sensor: a mini review

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Self-powered high-sensitivity piezoelectric sensors for end-fixture force sensing in surgical robots based on T-ZnO

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A high sensitivity and flexibility detection sensor for oxygen concentration based on polyanionic cellulose/locust bean gum/polyacrylamide hydrogel combination

Yanfang Guan, Kasolo Enock, Jiajun Su, Zhenbin Yuan, Tong Jin, Zhaoyang Xia, Yujie Li, Xihan Gao, Han Wang, Xiang Li, Song Li, Lin Zhang, Changwei Zhu, Shuai Long Zhang, Yuhan Shen and Zhai Dandan

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Self-powered and self-sensing wearable devices from a comfort perspective

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Applications of modified lignocellulose and its composites prepared by different pretreatments in biomedicine: A review

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Flexible Electronics: Advancements and Applications of Flexible Piezoelectric Composites in Modern Sensing Technologies

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Natural polysaccharides-based smart sensors for health monitoring, diagnosis and rehabilitation: A review

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Efficient and tight self-assembly from CNF@ZnO synthesized via an one-step hydrothermal method to fabricate cellulose based piezoelectric composite

Qiuyun Chen, Xinyi Song, Lei Xiao, Qingtao Zhu, Junjie Ma, Siru Su, Zhifeng Zhao, Jiabin Chen, Zhigao Liu and Quanping Yuan

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Nanomaterial-Engineered Solid-State Sensors: Advances in Metal Oxides, MXenes, and Sustainable Electronics

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A flexibility piezoelectric tactile sensor for three-dimensional force measurement

Xiang Li, Keyi Wang, Yanzhuo Wang and Yi Yuan

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Sustainable electronic biomaterials for body-compliant devices: Challenges and perspectives for wearable bio-mechanical sensors and body energy harvesters

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Study and Application of PZT in the Field of Wearable Devices

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