Body-conformable electronics
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
The proliferation of wearable electronics is rapidly changing the way of our lives. Despite exceptional performances, traditional electronic devices built on rigid wafers cannot conform to the curvilinear contours of the human body. To address this limitation, flexible and stretchable electronics have emerged, featuring compliant properties for intimate interactions with the skin. Integrating functional devices with the body offers an attractive platform for fitness tracking, portable real-time medical diagnostics/therapies, human-machine interfaces, and fashion designs. These body-conformable devices come in various architectures, such as flexible thin-film devices, electronic tattoos, and skin-tight electronic textiles. Sensors, actuators, displays, and diagnostic/therapeutic devices are typical devices that have been extensively explored.Material innovations in flexible semiconductors, dielectrics, and conductors are crucial to enhance their performances. Innovative fabrication techniques are also urgently required to push this active area forward. In addition, combining energy conversion/storage devices has been recognized as a promising direction to enable self-powered, untethered systems. The recent rise of smart devices empowered by machine learning techniques may also expand the application scopes. This collection aims to track the latest processes and publish interesting investigations on body-conformable electronics.
The topics will include, but are not limited to:
- Innovative organic, inorganic, and composite materials
- Improved architectures for sensors, actuators, displays, and therapeutic devices
- New materials and designs for conformable electronic interfaces
- Stretchable, self-healing, and tissue-adhesive polymers/hydrogels
- Screen/inkjet printing, 3D/4D printing, and other patterning techniques on flexible substrates
We welcome any papers on flexible electronics for body-conformable devices. All submissions will be subjected to the same peer-review process and editorial standards as regular npj Flexible Electronics Articles. The Guest Editors declare no competing interests with the submissions which they have handled through the peer-review process.
Editors
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Desheng Kong
PhD, Professor, Najing University, China
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Peining Chen
PhD, Professor, Fudan University, China
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Alex Chortos
PhD, Assistant Professor, Purdue University, USA
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Steve Park
PhD, Associate Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea.
