Active Functional Materials and Wearable Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 4730
Special Issue Editor
Interests: micro/nano electromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) sensors and actuators; physics of semiconductors and nanomaterials; advanced materials for flexible, stretchable and wearable electronics; photovoltaic and thermoelectric materials; sensors for harsh environment applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Functional materials have recently attracted considerable interest from researchers from academy and industry who are working towards flexible, stretchable and wearable applications. Flexible sensors, actuators and electronics have been developed owing to the unique mechanical robustness of functional soft materials that have high flexibility, stretchability and wearability. Examples of these functional materials include but are not limited to carbon nanomaterials (e.g. carbon nanotube and graphene), polymers (e.g. polypyrrole and PEDOT materials), metal nanostructures (e.g. silver and coper nanowires) as well as hybrid materials.
In addition, diverse approaches to structural design and advanced fabrication technologies enable the development of smart structures and devices (e.g. bulked and prestressed structures, and mesh, coil, sponge and wavy structures) that can be stretched and work stably under mechanical disturbances. Functional materials for flexible electronics and wearable technologies can be employed in a wide range of applications, including wearable heathcare, flexible displays, solid-state electronics, sensors (e.g. physical and gas sensors), nanogenerators and solar cells that are thin, lightweight, robust, bendable and conformable to human bodies.
This Special Issue highlights and discusses the modern trend of functional materials and their applications for flexible, stretchable and wearable devices, including fundamental research into materials, fabrications and processes, as well as the development of potential flexible and stretchable wearable applications.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Submissions of communications, full papers, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Toan Dinh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Functional materials
- Carbon nanotube
- Carbon black
- Graphite
- Graphene
- Polymers
- Ionic liquid and gels
- Liquid metals
- Metal nanowires
- Hybrid materials
- Stretchable structures
- Flexible heaters
- Flexible sensors
- Electronic skins
- Paper-based electronics
- Flexible electronics
- Flexible optoelectronics
- Flexible actuators
- Nano energy
- Wearable devices
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