Flexible and Wearable Devices for Health Monitoring and Energy Harvesting
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 67
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wearable devices; energy harvesting; blood pressure measurement; ballistocardiography; seismocardiography; phonocardiography
Interests: chalcogenides; semiconductors; advanced materials. synthesis and characterization; thin films; flexible electronic devices
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the emergence of Healthcare 4.0, the use of wearable technology has grown significantly in industrial and scientific fields. Accessing information on multiple physiological parameters in non-hospital environments and keeping multiple devices interconnected require systems with a reduced form factor and high autonomy. In line with this trend, flexible and wearable devices have evolved in the last decade. Today, embedded systems in flexible substrates can monitor health parameters and collect and store energy. There are ongoing efforts across various research areas to develop autonomous and intelligent wearable systems. To showcase the continuous progress in this field, we are pleased to announce this Special Issue, entitled “Flexible and Wearable Devices for Health Monitoring and Energy Harvesting”. Our intention is to focus on the studies and latest advancements proposed by various engineering and basic scientific researchers working on novelty wearable and flexible devices for health monitoring, energy harvesting, and energy storage. Among the possible topics for contributions to this Special Issue are the development of wearable electronic systems for healthcare and for energy harvesting, flexible materials for the detection of physiological parameters, flexible piezoelectric, triboelectric, photovoltaic, and thermoelectric harvesters, and flexible supercapacitors. Original research articles, works expanded from excellent conference articles, and systematic and state-of-the-art reviews will be accepted.
Dr. Rafael Gonzalez-Landaeta
Dr. Amanda Carrillo Castillo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wearables
- devices for healthcare
- energy harvesting
- sensors
- flexible electronics
- supercapacitors
- harvesters
- self-powered electronics
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