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ArticleNature communications2023

Soft, miniaturized, wireless olfactory interface for virtual reality.

Yiming Liu, Chun Ki Yiu, Zhao Zhao, Wooyoung Park, Rui Shi, Xingcan Huang, Yuyang Zeng, Kuan Wang, Tsz Hung Wong, Shengxin Jia and 13 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 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
21.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

23 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yiming Liu *Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0003-0134-1934
Chun Ki Yiu *Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.
Zhao Zhao *Institute of Solid Mechanics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Wooyoung Park *Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0003-2250-3613
Rui ShiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.
Xingcan HuangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0003-4210-2470
Yuyang ZengDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.
Kuan WangInstitute of Solid Mechanics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Tsz Hung WongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.
Shengxin JiaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0002-6998-3872
Jingkun ZhouDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0001-5394-4388
Zhan GaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.
Ling ZhaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.
Kuanming YaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0001-8744-8892
Jian LiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0002-9768-0932
Chuanlu ShaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.
Yuyu GaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.
Guangyao ZhaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.
Ya HuangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0002-0965-8226
Dengfeng LiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0002-8875-6974
Qinglei GuoCenter of Nanoelectronics, School of Microelectronics, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
Yuhang LiInstitute of Solid Mechanics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China. liyuhang@buaa.edu.cn.
Xinge YuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloong Tong, Hong Kong. xingeyu@cityu.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0003-0522-1171
City University of Hong Kong · HKBeihang University · CNNingbo University of Technology · CNShandong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in virtual reality (VR) technologies accelerate the creation of a flawless 3D virtual world to provide frontier social platform for human. Equally important to traditional visual, auditory and tactile sensations, olfaction exerts both physiological and psychological influences on humans. Here, we report a concept of skin-interfaced olfactory feedback systems with wirelessly, programmable capabilities based on arrays of flexible and miniaturized odor generators (OGs) for olfactory VR applications. By optimizing the materials selection, design layout, and power management, the OGs exhibit outstanding device performance in various aspects, from response rate, to odor concentration control, to long-term continuous operation, to high mechanical/electrical stability and to low power consumption. Representative demonstrations in 4D movie watching, smell message delivery, medical treatment, human emotion control and VR/AR based online teaching prove the great potential of the soft olfaction interface in various practical applications, including entertainment, education, human machine interfaces and so on.

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SmellVirtual RealityEducational StatusElectricityEmotionsHumans

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PMID37160931
PMCPMC10169775
OpenAlexW4376131750

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