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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Nano-Enriched Self-Powered Wireless Body Area Network for Sustainable Health Monitoring Services.

Bassem Mokhtar, Ishac Kandas, Mohammed Gamal, Nada Omran, Ahmed H Hassanin, Nader Shehata

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Photonic Nanomaterials for Wearable Health Solutions.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Bassem MokhtarCollege of Information Technology, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi 15551, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-7138-4721
Ishac KandasCenter of Smart Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (CSMNP), Smart CI Research Center, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-4153-8133
Mohammed GamalCenter of Smart Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (CSMNP), Smart CI Research Center, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-5670-5040
Nada OmranCenter of Smart Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (CSMNP), Smart CI Research Center, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-7243-8149
Ahmed H HassaninCenter of Smart Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (CSMNP), Smart CI Research Center, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.
Nader ShehataCenter of Smart Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (CSMNP), Smart CI Research Center, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-2913-4825

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in nanotechnology have enabled the creation of novel materials with specific electrical and physical characteristics. This leads to a significant development in the industry of electronics that can be applied in various fields. In this paper, we propose a fabrication of nanotechnology-based materials that can be used to design stretchy piezoelectric nanofibers for energy harvesting to power connected bio-nanosensors in a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN). The bio-nanosensors are powered based on harvested energy from mechanical movements of the body, specifically the arms, joints, and heartbeats. A suite of these nano-enriched bio-nanosensors can be used to form microgrids for a self-powered wireless body area network (SpWBAN), which can be used in various sustainable health monitoring services. A system model for an SpWBAN with an energy harvesting-based medium access control protocol is presented and analyzed based on fabricated nanofibers with specific characteristics. The simulation results show that the SpWBAN outperforms and has a longer lifetime than contemporary WBAN system designs without self-powering capability.

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ElectronicsNanotechnologyElectricitybio-nanosensorsenergy harvestingflexible electronicsnano-materialswireless body area networks

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PMID36904836
PMCPMC10006880

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