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ArticleNature communications2020

Fully organic compliant dry electrodes self-adhesive to skin for long-term motion-robust epidermal biopotential monitoring.

Lei Zhang, Kirthika Senthil Kumar, Hao He, Catherine Jiayi Cai, Xu He, Huxin Gao, Shizhong Yue, Changsheng Li, Raymond Chee-Seong Seet, Hongliang Ren and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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125 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Lei Zhang *Department of Materials Science & Engineering, National University of Singapore, Faculty of gineering, 7 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117574, Singapore.
Kirthika Senthil Kumar *Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Engineering, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117583, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6412-5879
Hao HeDepartment of Materials Science & Engineering, National University of Singapore, Faculty of gineering, 7 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117574, Singapore.
Catherine Jiayi CaiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Engineering, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117583, Singapore.
Xu HeDepartment of Materials Science & Engineering, National University of Singapore, Faculty of gineering, 7 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117574, Singapore.
Huxin GaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Engineering, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117583, Singapore.
Shizhong YueDepartment of Materials Science & Engineering, National University of Singapore, Faculty of gineering, 7 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117574, Singapore.
Changsheng LiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Engineering, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117583, Singapore.
Raymond Chee-Seong SeetDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
Hongliang RenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Engineering, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore, 117583, Singapore. ren@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6488-1551
Jianyong OuyangDepartment of Materials Science & Engineering, National University of Singapore, Faculty of gineering, 7 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore, 117574, Singapore. mseoj@nus.edu.sg.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wearable dry electrodes are needed for long-term biopotential recordings but are limited by their imperfect compliance with the skin, especially during body movements and sweat secretions, resulting in high interfacial impedance and motion artifacts. Herein, we report an intrinsically conductive polymer dry electrode with excellent self-adhesiveness, stretchability, and conductivity. It shows much lower skin-contact impedance and noise in static and dynamic measurement than the current dry electrodes and standard gel electrodes, enabling to acquire high-quality electrocardiogram (ECG), electromyogram (EMG) and electroencephalogram (EEG) signals in various conditions such as dry and wet skin and during body movement. Hence, this dry electrode can be used for long-term healthcare monitoring in complex daily conditions. We further investigated the capabilities of this electrode in a clinical setting and realized its ability to detect the arrhythmia features of atrial fibrillation accurately, and quantify muscle activity during deep tendon reflex testing and contraction against resistance.

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Electric ConductivityEpidermisMotionSkinArtifactsElectric ImpedanceElectrocardiographyElectrodesElectroencephalographyElectromyographyEquipment DesignHumansMonitoring, PhysiologicPolymersSorbitolPolymersSorbitol

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PMID32943621
PMCPMC7499260

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