Eco-Friendly Conformal and Self-Adhesive Electrochemical Sensors for Sweat Monitoring.

ABSTRACT: Wearable sweat-sensing platforms represent a transformative advancement in noninvasive, real-time health monitoring, enabling personalized healthcare. For in vivo applications, sensor substrate materials require biocompatibility, secure adhesion, and, preferably, environmental sustainability. However, existing substrate materials fail to meet some of those requirements. This study introduces bacterial cellulose (BC) as a novel sensor substrate, leveraging its printability, biocompatibility, self-adhesion, and eco-friendliness. A wearable sweat sensor was fabricated by screen-printing conductive inks onto BC films. A key challenge addressed was the hydrophilicity of BC, which can cause liquid penetration and disrupt signal stability. To solve this, an approach was developed where the electr

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12492337 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature