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ArticleNature communications2023

Responsive materials and mechanisms as thermal safety systems for skin-interfaced electronic devices.

Seonggwang Yoo, Tianyu Yang, Minsu Park, Hyoyoung Jeong, Young Joong Lee, Donghwi Cho, Joohee Kim, Sung Soo Kwak, Jaeho Shin, Yoonseok Park and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Seonggwang Yoo *Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9126-927X
Tianyu Yang *Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Minsu ParkQuerrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Hyoyoung JeongQuerrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1808-7824
Young Joong LeeQuerrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Donghwi ChoQuerrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9382-3820
Joohee KimQuerrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Sung Soo KwakQuerrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Jaeho ShinQuerrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5280-3356
Yoonseok ParkDepartment of Advanced Materials Engineering for Information and Electronics, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1702-0986
Yue WangQuerrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Nenad MiljkovicDepartment of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0866-3680
William P KingDepartment of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. wpk@illinois.edu.
John A RogersQuerrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA. jrogers@northwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2980-3961

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soft, wireless physiological sensors that gently adhere to the skin are capable of continuous clinical-grade health monitoring in hospital and/or home settings, of particular value to critically ill infants and other vulnerable patients, but they present risks for injury upon thermal failure. This paper introduces an active materials approach that automatically minimizes such risks, to complement traditional schemes that rely on integrated sensors and electronic control circuits. The strategy exploits thin, flexible bladders that contain small volumes of liquid with boiling points a few degrees above body temperature. When the heat exceeds the safe range, vaporization rapidly forms highly effective, thermally insulating structures and delaminates the device from the skin, thereby eliminating any danger to the skin. Experimental and computational thermomechanical studies and demonstrations in a skin-interfaced mechano-acoustic sensor illustrate the effectiveness of this simple thermal safety system and suggest its applicability to nearly any class of skin-integrated device technology.

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ElectronicsSkinBody TemperatureHot TemperatureHumansSoftware

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PMID36823288
PMCPMC9950147

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