Issue 11, 2018

Engineering two-dimensional layered nanomaterials for wearable biomedical sensors and power devices

Abstract

High-quality personalized medicine and health management have increasingly demanded wearable biomedical electronic devices (WBEDs) towards being more flexible and stretchable. This modern-life oriented trend has driven tremendous efforts from both academia and industrial enterprises devoted to research and development of new-generation WBEDs for improving the quality of home medicine. The development of such WBEDs crucially depends on design and assembly of new-types of materials. Thanks to superior physicochemical properties derived by their two-dimensional (2D) layered structural nature, 2D layered nanomaterials (2DLNs) hold notable advantages and are offering a promising material platform for energy, sensing, and wearable electronic applications. By using 2DLNs as versatile building modules, a number of technical breakthroughs have recently been achieved for manufacturing state-of-the-art 2DLNs-supported flexible/stretchable sensors and power devices, which could help WBEDs further achieve enhanced flexibility/stretchability and realize remarkable performance improvements. This review aims to offer timely and comprehensive evaluations of the current status, remaining challenges, and future perspectives of 2DLNs-supported wearable biomedical sensors and power devices, with the emphasis on the latest advancements and the significance of 2DLNs in device design and fabrication.

Graphical abstract: Engineering two-dimensional layered nanomaterials for wearable biomedical sensors and power devices

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
22 jul 2018
Accepted
10 set 2018
First published
11 set 2018

Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 1944-1986

Engineering two-dimensional layered nanomaterials for wearable biomedical sensors and power devices

X. Cao, A. Halder, Y. Tang, C. Hou, H. Wang, J. Ø. Duus and Q. Chi, Mater. Chem. Front., 2018, 2, 1944 DOI: 10.1039/C8QM00356D

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