journal article·2023-03-28Open access

Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors

Yifei Luo, Mohammad Reza Abidian, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Deji Akinwande, Anne M. Andrews, Markus Antonietti, Zhenan Bao, Magnus Berggren, Christopher A. Berkey, Christopher John Bettinger, Jun Chen, Peng Chen, Wenlong Cheng, Xu Cheng, Seon-Jin Choi, Alex Chortos, Canan Dagdeviren, Reinhold H. Dauskardt, Chong-an Di, Michael D. Dickey, Xiangfeng Duan, Antonio Facchetti, Zhiyong Fan, Yin Fang, Jianyou Feng, Xue Feng, Huajian Gao, Wei Gao, Xiwen Gong, Chuan Fei Guo, Xiaojun Guo, Martin C. Hartel, Zihan He, John S. Ho, Youfan Hu, Qiyao Huang, Yu Huang, Fengwei Huo, Muhammad M. Hussain, Ali Javey, Unyong Jeong, Chen Jiang, Xingyu Jiang, Jiheong Kang, Daniil Karnaushenko, Ali Khademhosseini, Dae-Hyeong Kim, Il-Doo Kim, Dmitry Kireev, Lingxuan Kong, Chengkuo Lee, Nae-Eung Lee, Pooi See Lee, Tae-Woo Lee, Fengyu Li, Jinxing Li, Cuiyuan Liang, Chwee Teck Lim, Yuanjing Lin, Darren J. Lipomi, Jia Liu, Kai Liu, Nan Liu, Ren Liu, Yuxin Liu, Yuxuan Liu, Zhiyuan Liu, Zhuangjian Liu, Xian Jun Loh, Nanshu Lu, Zhisheng Lv, Shlomo Magdassi, George G. Malliaras, Naoji Matsuhisa, Arokia Nathan, Simiao Niu, Jieming Pan, Changhyun Pang, Qibing Pei, Huisheng Peng, Dianpeng Qi, Huaying Ren, John A. Rogers, Aaron Rowe, Oliver G. Schmidt, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Dae-Gyo Seo, Guozhen Shen, Xing Sheng, Qiongfeng Shi, Takao Someya, Yanlin Song, Eleni Stavrinidou, Meng Su, Xuemei Sun, Kuniharu Takei, Xiao-Ming Tao, Benjamin C. K. Tee, Aaron Voon-Yew Thean, Tran Quang Trung, Changjin Wan, Huiliang Wang, Joseph Wang, Ming Wang, Sihong Wang, Ting Wang, Zhong Lin Wang, Paul S. Weiss, Hanqi Wen, Sheng Xu, Tailin Xu, Hongping Yan, Xuzhou Yan, Hui Yang, Le Yang, Shuaijian Yang, Lan Yin, Cunjiang Yu, Guihua Yu, Jing Yu, Shu-Hong Yu, Xinge Yu, Evgeny Zamburg, Haixia Zhang, Xiangyu Zhang, Xiaosheng Zhang, Xueji Zhang, Yihui Zhang, Yu Zhang, Siyuan Zhao, Xuanhe Zhao, Yuanjin Zheng, Yu-Qing Zheng, Zijian Zheng, Tao Zhou, Bowen Zhu, Ming Zhu, Rong Zhu, Yangzhi Zhu, Yong Zhu, Guijin Zou, Xiaodong Chen

ACS Nano· Volume 17· Issue 6

Abstract

Humans rely increasingly on sensors to address grand challenges and to improve quality of life in the era of digitalization and big data. For ubiquitous sensing, flexible sensors are developed to overcome the limitations of conventional rigid counterparts. Despite rapid advancement in bench-side research over the last decade, the market adoption of flexible sensors remains limited. To ease and to expedite their deployment, here, we identify bottlenecks hindering the maturation of flexible sensors and propose promising solutions. We first analyze challenges in achieving satisfactory sensing performance for real-world applications and then summarize issues in compatible sensor-biology interfaces, followed by brief discussions on powering and connecting sensor networks. Issues en route to commercialization and for sustainable growth of the sector are also analyzed, highlighting environmental concerns and emphasizing nontechnical issues such as business, regulatory, and ethical considerations. Additionally, we look at future intelligent flexible sensors. In proposing a comprehensive roadmap, we hope to steer research efforts towards common goals and to guide coordinated development strategies from disparate communities. Through such collaborative efforts, scientific breakthroughs can be made sooner and capitalized for the betterment of humanity.
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Affiliations

Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, #08-03 Innovis, Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore

Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore

Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77024, United States

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States

Microelectronics Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78758, United States

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute, and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and Hatos Center for Neuropharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States

Colloid Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany

Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States

Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrköping, Linköping University, 83 Linköping, Sweden

Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) and Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC), SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94301, United States

Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States

Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States

School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637457, Singapore

Nanobionics Group, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 3800

Monash Institute of Medical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia3800

Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China

Division of Materials of Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea

School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, United States

Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, United States

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States

Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States

Funding

Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea · Brain and Behavior Research Foundation · City University of Hong Kong · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Leibniz-Gemeinschaft · Agency for Science, Technology and Research · Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China · National Research Foundation of Korea · National Research Foundation Singapore · Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-Driven R and D · Air Force Office of Scientific Research · Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology · Division of Engineering Education and Centers · Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems · Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles · National Institute on Drug Abuse · Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation · 3M · Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · Welch Foundation · Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality · Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft · MIT Media Lab · Japan Society for the Promotion of Science · Japan Science and Technology Agency · National University of Singapore · Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality · Nanyang Technological University · Lingang Laboratory · Institute for Health Innovation and Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore · Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials, National University of Singapore

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