ReviewLab on a chip2018
Wearable sensors: modalities, challenges, and prospects.
Review in Lab on a chip, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 348 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
348 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A Systematic Review of Design of Electrodes and Interfaces for Non-Contact and Capacitive Biomedical Measurements: Terminology, Electrical Model, and System Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Hyperbaric oxygen in the artificial intelligence era: integration and innovation.Medical gas research · 2027Review
- Natural deep eutectic solvents as plasticizers for advancing sustainable strain sensors.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Real-Time Monitoring with a Wristwatch-Type Sodium- and Potassium-Ion Sensor Using a Screen-Printed Liquid-Junction Reference Electrode.ACS omega · 2026Article
- A Comprehensive Review on Self-Powered Wearable Photonic Sensors: Materials, Photophysics, and System Integration.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Wearable bioelectronics enabled by conductive hydrogels: From materials innovation to clinical translation.Materials today. Bio · 2026Review
- A wearable closed-loop insulin micropump toward a miniaturized artificial pancreas for diabetes.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2026Article
- Additive Manufacturing of Thermochromic Chitosan Hydrogels for Battery-Free Colorimetric Thermal Indication.Polymers · 2026Article
- Precision Prevention for Health: The Global Alliance Framework for the Promotion of Physical Activity.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- A mechanically robust wearable sweat analysis platform with plug-and-play interconnects for continuous biomarker profiling.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2026Article
- Strain-Insensitive Conductive Hydrogel Materials for Motion-Artifact-Free Flexible Bioelectronics.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Saliva, Sweat, and Exhaled Breath as Alternative Specimens for Exercise Chemistry: Analytical Advantages, Limitations, and Comparative Progress.Biomedical chromatography : BMC · 2026Review
- Recent advances in interstitial fluid dynamics for diagnostic, targeted drug delivery and precision medicine applications.Drug delivery and translational research · 2026Review
- Polymer-Based Multiparameter Sensing Integrated Photonic Chip for Health Monitoring.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- An Energy Autonomous Microneedle Array-Based Sensing System for Continuous Biomarker Monitoring.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Subdermal Insertable Sensors for Health Monitoring: Applications, Challenges, and Emerging Technologies.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Review
- A Monolithic Janus Hydrogel Pressure Sensor for Wearable Motion and Physiological Monitoring.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Advances and Challenges in Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026Review
- Non-Invasive Technologies in Wearable Glucose Monitoring: A Structured Overview for the Future.Biosensors · 2026Review
288 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Wearable sensors have recently seen a large increase in both research and commercialization. However, success in wearable sensors has been a mix of both progress and setbacks. Most of commercial progress has been in smart adaptation of existing mechanical, electrical and optical methods of measuring the body. This adaptation has involved innovations in how to miniaturize sensing technologies, how to make them conformal and flexible, and in the development of companion software that increases the value of the measured data. However, chemical sensing modalities have experienced greater challenges in commercial adoption, especially for non-invasive chemical sensors. There have also been significant challenges in making significant fundamental improvements to existing mechanical, electrical, and optical sensing modalities, especially in improving their specificity of detection. Many of these challenges can be understood by appreciating the body's surface (skin) as more of an information barrier than as an information source. With a deeper understanding of the fundamental challenges faced for wearable sensors and of the state-of-the-art for wearable sensor technology, the roadmap becomes clearer for creating the next generation of innovations and breakthroughs.
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