Nanomaterials Based Printed Strain Sensor for Wearable Health Monitoring Applications (eBook)

This book reviews different types of nanomaterials-based-conductive inks used to develop printed strain sensors, printing fabrication methods, and applications such as wearable health monitoring. Printed wearable electronic devices have recently drawn a lot of attention, as shown by the increasing number of publications and commercialized devices covering various facets in emerging fields. Many researchers are working toward optimizing nanoparticle-based-conductive inks for wearable electronics. However, issues related to its stability, dispersion, and annealing temperature often limit its applications. General important information and requirements of flexible electronics for health monitoring are covered in the book chapter. The target audiences are researchers and students who are involved in the development of printed wearable electronics.

Mariatti Jaafar received an M.Sc. degree in polymer technology and the Ph.D. degree in polymer composites from the Universiti Sains Malaysia and a degree of Licentiate from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. She is currently Professor at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). She was Quality Engineer at Sony (M) Sdn. Bhd., in 1996. She is Professional Engineer with a practicing certificate in the materials engineering field. She is actively involved in research and publication. Her research interests include new innovative polymer composite materials for electronic, medical, automotive, and cable applications. She received the Top Research Scientist Malaysia Award from the Academy of Science Malaysia, in 2014, and Malaysia's Research Star Award from Malaysia's Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) and Clarivate Analytics in 2017.

Ye Zar Ni Htwe received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Materials engineering from the Universiti Sains Malaysia. His research interests in nanomaterials based conductive inks for printed flexible, stretchable, and wearable electronics applications.

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This book reviews different types of nanomaterials-based-conductive inks used to develop printed strain sensors, printing fabrication methods, and applications such as wearable health monitoring. Printed wearable electronic devices have recently drawn a lot of attention, as shown by the increasing number of publications and commercialized devices covering various facets in emerging fields. Many researchers are working toward optimizing nanoparticle-based-conductive inks for wearable electronics. However, issues related to its stability, dispersion, and annealing temperature often limit its applications. General important information and requirements of flexible electronics for health monitoring are covered in the book chapter. The target audiences are researchers and students who are involved in the development of printed wearable electronics.