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Wearable and Flexible Sensor Devices: Recent Advances in Designs, Fabrication Methods, and Applications.

Shahid Muhammad Ali, Sima Noghanian, Zia Ullah Khan, Saeed Alzahrani, Saad Alharbi, Mohammad Alhartomi, Ruwaybih Alsulami

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Shahid Muhammad AliDepartment of Engineering and Technology, School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK.
Sima NoghanianCommScope Ruckus Wireless, 350 W Java Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3613-3281
Zia Ullah KhanNational Physical Laboratory, Electromagnetic & Electrochemical Technologies Department, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8663-0545
Saeed AlzahraniDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3325-857X
Saad AlharbiKing Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad AlhartomiDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5955-8864
Ruwaybih AlsulamiDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Umm Al-Qura University Makkah, Mecca 24382, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0031-6497

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of wearable sensor devices brings significant benefits to patients by offering real-time healthcare via wireless body area networks (WBANs). These wearable devices have gained significant traction due to advantageous features, including their lightweight nature, comfortable feel, stretchability, flexibility, low power consumption, and cost-effectiveness. Wearable devices play a pivotal role in healthcare, defence, sports, health monitoring, disease detection, and subject tracking. However, the irregular nature of the human body poses a significant challenge in the design of such wearable systems. This manuscript provides a comprehensive review of recent advancements in wearable and flexible smart sensor devices that can support the next generation of such sensor devices. Further, the development of direct ink writing (DIW) and direct writing (DW) methods has revolutionised new high-resolution integrated smart structures, enabling the design of next-generation soft, flexible, and stretchable wearable sensor devices. Recognising the importance of keeping academia and industry informed about cutting-edge technology and time-efficient fabrication tools, this manuscript also provides a thorough overview of the latest progress in various fabrication methods for wearable sensor devices utilised in WBAN and their evaluation using body phantoms. An overview of emerging challenges and future research directions is also discussed in the conclusion.

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesEquipment DesignWearable Electronic DevicesHumansMonitoring, PhysiologicWireless TechnologyDIW and DW fabrication methodsWBANwearable devices

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PMID40096147
PMCPMC11902442

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