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ReviewAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025

Advances in Photonic Materials and Integrated Devices for Smart and Digital Healthcare: Bridging the Gap Between Materials and Systems.

Seunghyeb Ban, Hoon Yi, Jaejin Park, Yunuo Huang, Ki Jun Yu, Woon-Hong Yeo

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Review in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. An All-in-One Au@CeOAdvanced healthcare materials · 2026
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  4. Materials and System Design for Self-Decision Bioelectronic Systems.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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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.

Seunghyeb BanGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Wearable Intelligent Systems and Healthcare Center at the Institute for Matter and Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Hoon YiGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Wearable Intelligent Systems and Healthcare Center at the Institute for Matter and Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Jaejin ParkFunctional Bio-integrated Electronics and Energy Management Lab, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea.
Yunuo HuangSchool of Industrial Design, Wearable Intelligent Systems and Healthcare Center at the Institute for Matter and Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Ki Jun YuFunctional Bio-integrated Electronics and Energy Management Lab, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea.
Woon-Hong YeoGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Wearable Intelligent Systems and Healthcare Center at the Institute for Matter and Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3390-8979

Funding

Sensor Hardware and Intelligent Tools for Assessing the Health Effects of Heat ExposureR01ES033241 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HERTZBERG, VICKI STOVER, XIONG, LI · 2022 to 2025
$2.5M
Development of an all-in-one soft wearable device for accurate lung function detection and asthma diagnosisR21EB034893 · NIBIB · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KIM, YUN SOUNG, YEO, WOON-HONG · 2023 to 2023
$445k
National Science Foundation ECCS-2025462National Science Foundation R01ES033241NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB034893NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES033241NIH HHS ECCS-2025462NIH HHS R01ES033241NIH HHS R21EB034893NRF RS-2024-00353768Yonsei Fellowship (Lee Youn Jae)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in developing photonic technologies using various materials offer enhanced biosensing, therapeutic intervention, and non-invasive imaging in healthcare. Here, this article summarizes significant technological advancements in materials, photonic devices, and bio-interfaced systems, which demonstrate successful applications for impacting human healthcare via improved therapies, advanced diagnostics, and on-skin health monitoring. The details of required materials, necessary properties, and device configurations are described for next-generation healthcare systems, followed by an explanation of the working principles of light-based therapeutics and diagnostics. Next, this paper shares the recent examples of integrated photonic systems focusing on translation and immediate applications for clinical studies. In addition, the limitations of existing materials and devices and future directions for smart photonic systems are discussed. Collectively, this review article summarizes the recent focus and trends of technological advancements in developing new nanomaterials, light delivery methods, system designs, mechanical structures, material functionalization, and integrated photonic systems to advance human healthcare and digital healthcare.

Indexed as

Delivery of Health CareOptics and PhotonicsBiosensing TechniquesHumansPhotonselectronic systemsintegrated devicesphotonic materialssmart healthcare

Identifiers

PMID39905874
PMCPMC12319120

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