Flexible and Wearable Health Monitoring Devices: From Materials to Applications

The book introduces flexible and stretchable wearable electronic systems and covers in detail the technologies and materials required for healthcare and medical applications. A team of excellent authors gives an overview of currently available flexible devices and thoroughly describes their physical mechanisms that enable sensing human conditions. In dedicated chapters, crucial components needed to realize flexible and wearable devices are discussed which include transistors and sensors and deal with memory, data handling and display. Additionally, suitable power sources based on photovoltaics, thermoelectric energy and supercapacitors are reviewed. A special chapter treats implantable flexible sensors for neural recording. The book editor concludes with a perspective on this rapidly developing field which is expected to have a great impact on healthcare in the 21st century. INDICE: INTRODUCTION. History of flexible and stretchable electronic devices. FUNDAMENTAL MATERIALS FOR FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE TRANSISTORS AND SENSORS. Organic–based transistors and sensors. Inorganic–based transistors and sensors . Printed transistors and sensors. ENERGY HARVESTING AND STORAGE. Photovoltaic systems. Thermoelectric power generators. Supercapacitors. ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS FOR FLEXIBLE AND STRETCHABLE MEDICAL DEVICES. Display. Resistive memory. Floating–gate memory. Wireless systems. MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE APPLICATIONS. Flexible health monitoring devices. Stretchable health monitoring devices. Flexible and stretchable devices for medical applications. Implantable flexible sensors for neural recording. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK. Perspective

• ISBN: 978-3-527-34183-2
• Editorial: Wiley VCH
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 08/01/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés