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ArticleScientific reports2025

A life cycle assessment approach to minimize environmental impact for sustainable printed sensors.

Johanna Zikulnig, Sandro Carrara, Jürgen Kosel

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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

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  9. Environmental and Ecological Monitoring with Biodegradable Technologies.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Johanna ZikulnigSilicon Austria Labs GmbH, Villach, Austria. johanna.zikulnig@silicon-austria.com.
Sandro CarraraÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Jürgen KoselSilicon Austria Labs GmbH, Villach, Austria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A printed hybrid sensor tag for applications in disposable healthcare and environmental monitoring optimized toward sustainability is presented. Following a systematic Life Cycle Assessment according to ISO 14040:2006 guidelines, the global warming potential associated with various substrate-, electrode-, and sensing materials, as well as manufacturing and end-of-life strategies, are evaluated. Results show that the utilization of bio-based polyethylene and copper inks can minimize the global warming potential most effectively by up to 39% from 42gCO

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PMID40158062
PMCPMC11954901

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