Future Wearable and Implants
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "E:Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2020) | Viewed by 35010
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nano communication; biomedical applications of millimeter and terahertz communication; wearable and flexible sensors; compact antenna design; RF design and radio propagation; antenna interaction with human body; implants; body centric wireless communication issues; wireless body sensor networks; non-invasive health care solutions; physical layer security for wearable/implant communication and multiple-input–multiple-output systems
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Interests: compact antenna design; radiowave propagation and channel characterization; satellite navigation system antennas in cluttered environments; electromagnetic wave interaction with the human body; body-centric wireless networks and sensors; remote healthcare technology; mmWave and nanocommunications for body-centric networks and D2D/H2H communications
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Interests: basics of antennae and electromagnetism, from megastructures and metasurfaces to novel applications in telerobotics, cognitive radio, wearable electronics, nanoscale networks, healthcare, and bioengineering
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Interests: bioelectromagnetics; wearable sensors; implantable sensors; antennas for body area applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sensors, antennas, circuit design methods, and communications systems are anticipated to drive the development of new technologies in the coming years. Colossal advances in next-generation sensing systems have already shown the potential of this unique class of platforms with applications in the areas of wearable consumer electronics, remote healthcare monitoring, wireless implants, and soft robotics. The ever-growing evolution of low-power electronics, wireless sensor networks, wearable circuit behavior, security, real-time monitoring, and the connectivity of sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) has accelerated and expanded this development by manifolds. Current research focuses on new processing methods; materials; and on–off devices such as diodes and transistors, rendering existing progress insufficient to meet the demand of future electronics, particularly wearables and implants. Growing complexities in form-factor, working environment, and operational requirements necessitate thorough and exhaustive efforts towards design, simulation, and modelling techniques of electronics while keeping sensing system integration, power management, and sensors network in deliberation.
This Special Issue will invite novel contributions of leading experts from academia and industry to not only identify the requirements and challenges but also set the tone and direction of progress in the thriving field of electronic circuits and systems for future wearable and implantable systems. This multifaceted discussion will include aspects from electronics to communications and biocompatibility to exposure.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Antennas and sensor design for wearables and implants;
- Energy efficiency in wearable and implantable sensing systems;
- Implantable and wearable diagnostic and therapeutic systems;
- Channel modelling for wearables and implants;
- Numerical and computational modelling techniques for wearables and implants;
- Sensor interfaces and A/D converters;
- Material characterization for wearables and implants;
- Biocompatible operation of implants;
- Exposure of biological tissues to wearables and implants;
- Wireless power transfer for body-centric operation;
- Security and privacy in body-centric nano-communications.
Dr. Qammer H. Abbasi
Dr. Masood Ur Rehman
Dr. Akram Alomainy
Dr. Asimina Kiourti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wearables
- wireless implants
- biocompatibility
- body-centric communications
- electromagnetic exposure
- energy efficiency
- implant communication
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