Breathable On-skin Sensors for Long-term Health Monitoring
August 3, 2017
Event
On 3 Aug, HiFES was honoured to have the presence of Globalfoundries Visiting Professor, Takao Someya from the Department of Electric and Electronic Engineering, University of Tokyo to give a flexible electronics presentation on breathable on-skin sensors for long term health monitoring.
The talk is a follow on sequence to first part of the flexible electronic thematic talk by Prof Someya in 2016 on wearable electronics. Below are some recaps of his last presentation:
- how the significant number of wirings were achieved for the E-Skin system
- how Stretchable Organic Integrated circuit were formed by special fabrication and simple printing process without adverse impact on the high conductivity requirement with the use of the New Printable Elastic Conductors
The Hypoallergenic On-skin Sensors is made possible by making use of the conductive nanomesh structure that have been successfully fabricated inflammation-free, highly gas-permeable, ultrathin and lightweight. The substrate-free design using nanomesh sensors can significantly reduce the risk of inflammation caused by on-skin sensors.
In conclusion, the elastic electrode constructed of breathable nanoscale meshes approach holds promise for the development of noninvasive e-skin devices that can monitor a person’s health continuously over a long period.
Globalfoundries Visiting Professor
Prof. Takao Someya
Takao Someya received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1997. Since 2009, he has been a professor of Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Tokyo. From 2001 to 2003, he worked at the Nanocenter (NSEC) of Columbia University and Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, as a Visiting Scholar. He has been Globalfoundries Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore since 2016. His current research interests include organic transistors, flexible electronics, plastic integrated circuits, large-area sensors, and plastic actuators. Prof. Someya has received a number of awards, a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize in 2009, 2004 IEEE/ISSCC Sugano Award. Prof. Someya’s “large-area sensor array” electronic thin film was featured in Time Magazine as one of its “Best Inventions of 2005” in its November 21st, 2005 issue.