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Silk Fibroin-Based Hydrogel for Multifunctional Wearable Sensors

by Yiming Zhao^1,2, Hongsheng Zhao³, Zhili Wei⁴, Jie Yuan¹, Jie Jian¹, Fankai Kong¹, Haojiang Xie¹, Xingliang Xiong^1,2,*

1 College of Medical Informatics, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
2 Medical Data Science Academy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
3 Communication and Information Center of Ministry of Emergency Management, Beijing, 100013, China
4 The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, The College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China

* Corresponding Author: Xingliang Xiong. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Biomass-Derived Functional Hydrogels)

Journal of Renewable Materials 2022, 10(11), 2729-2746. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2022.019721

Received 11 October 2021; Accepted 05 November 2021; Issue published 29 June 2022

Abstract

The flexible wearable sensors with excellent stretchability, high sensitivity and good biocompatibility are signifi- cantly required for continuously physical condition tracking in health management and rehabilitation monitoring. Herein, we present a high-performance wearable sensor. The sensor is prepared with nanocomposite hydrogel by using silk fibroin (SF), polyacrylamide (PAM), polydopamine (PDA) and graphene oxide (GO). It can be used to monitor body motions (including large-scale and small-scale motions) as well as human electrophysiological (ECG) signals with high sensitivity, wide sensing range, and fast response time. Therefore, the proposed sensor is promising in the fields of rehabilitation, motion monitoring and disease diagnosis.

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