Chain-like aligned boron nitride embedded in elastomer for thermal management in wearable electronics
December 2026
With ongoing advances in integration density, power output and miniaturization of wearable electronics, efficient thermal management has become increasingly critical. To address heat accumulation, thermally...
Hybrid thermoelectric–battery architectures for self-powered wearable electronics
December 2026
Wearable electronics demand a continuous and reliable power supply to support real-time monitoring and wireless data transmission. Conventional batteries, such as lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), provide...
Application of machine learning methods in flexible and wearable sensing systems
December 2026
Flexible wearable devices provide essential technological support for the real-time and continuous monitoring of vital signs and motion signals. With the rapid advancement of functional materials and...
Recent advancements in the tribovoltaic effect for human motion energy harvesting and wearable self-powered sensing
December 2026
While human motion is a ubiquitous and sustainable source of mechanical energy, efficiently converting motion into stable electrical energy remains a significant challenge. The tribovoltaic effect is...
Recent advances in flexible tactile sensors based on PEDOT:PSS
December 2026
With the growing demand for flexible, high-performance sensing systems in healthcare, robotics, and human-machine interfaces, tactile sensors have received unprecedented attention. Flexible tactile...
A superbranched multi-armed crosslinking strategy for robust conducting polymer hydrogels toward wearable sensing and encrypted communication
Available online 31 March 2026
Conducting polymer hydrogels have attracted extensive interest in flexible electronics and wearable sensors owing to their intrinsic softness, stretchability, and biocompatibility. However, conventional...
Flexible three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D ICs) based on liquid metal
December 2025
The rapid advancement of flexible electronics has unlocked opportunities across diverse fields, including medical science and device engineering. Developing flexible three-dimensional integrated circuits...
Wearable healthcare monitoring and therapeutic bioelectronics
December 2025
Bioelectronics is playing an increasingly vital role in continuous healthcare monitoring and precision therapy due to its flexibility, biocompatibility, patient-friendly design, and long-term stability....
Recent advancements in wearable self-healing polysiloxane materials and wearable sensors
December 2025
Wearable electronics have increasingly been integrated into modern technology, providing cutting-edge solutions for health monitoring, environmental sensing and interactive applications. Renowned for...
Organic semiconductors based wearable bioelectronics
December 2025
Wearable bioelectronics represent a rapidly growing field with significant potential to revolutionize healthcare monitoring, diagnostics, and therapeutics. These devices enable continuous, real-time...
Muscle fatigue identification and prediction in motion using wearable device with power and torque-based features
December 2025
Monitoring muscle fatigue is a critical area of research in both the fields of rehabilitation medicine and sports science. Despite its importance, practical measurement remains challenging due to constraints...
Highly elastic, permeable liquid metal–iron fibre mat conductor for electrophysiological monitoring
December 2025
Liquid metal-based stretchable conductors have garnered significant attention for their broad applications in bioelectronics, wearable devices and soft robotics. However, challenges such as poor wettability...
Single-fibre-enabled, self-powered wireless body area networks
December 2025
Textile-based wireless body area networks (WBANs) show great potential in clinical diagnosis, human–computer interaction and posture monitoring. However, existing textile-based WBANs rely on silicon-based...
Flexible wearable device applications for monitoring astronaut health: Current status and challenges
December 2025
The burgeoning domain of flexible wearable devices is leading the way in aerospace medicine, providing groundbreaking solutions for the real-time health monitoring of astronauts. As human space exploration...
Wearable devices based on liquid crystal materials: Applications and challenges in visualisation
December 2025
Liquid crystals (LCs) constitute a unique class of soft matter that combines the anisotropic properties of crystals with the fluidity of liquids, exhibiting optical anisotropy, self-assembled structures...
Wearable plant sensing devices for health monitoring
December 2025
Plant health monitoring is becoming a key frontier in data-driven, precision and intelligent plant research and crop management. Among the various modalities, wearable sensing devices stand out for...
Multi-component crosslinking for humidity-resistant room temperature phosphorescence
December 2025
Embedding organic chromophores into a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) matrix has been proven to be an effective approach for producing various room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials under ambient...
Advanced flexible organic near-infrared photodetectors for sensing applications
December 2025
Near-infrared (NIR) light has found extensive applications in night vision, biomedicine, optical communication, and particularly in non-invasive continuous monitoring of health conditions and object...
Electrochemiluminescent devices: Structural composition, preparation process and applications for flexible/stretchable displays
December 2025
Flexible and stretchable light-emitting devices are being developed to meet market needs, drive technological innovation, address application challenges, and improve user experience. With the improvement...
Flexible electrochromic devices for wearable electronics
December 2025
Wearable flexible electrochromic (EC) technology has garnered significant attention due to its distinctive attributes, including high controllability, low energy consumption, and exceptional mechanical...
Applications of organic light-emitting diodes in wearable electronics
December 2025
Wearable electronics based on light-emitting devices have attracted significant attention in recent years due to their vast potential for application in daily life, such as wearable displays, biosignal...
Stretchable sweat-activated yarn batteries with strain-insensitive power output for textile electronics
December 2025
Stretchable one-dimensional (1-D) batteries are ideal power sources for textile electronics. However, their application has been hindered by strain-induced fluctuations in power output. To address this...
Manufacturing strategies for stretchable synaptic transistors
December 2025
Neuromorphic devices mimic the function and structure of biological synapses, which can achieve simultaneous signal transmission and learning. This mini review outlines the latest progress in the fabrication...
Modification of zinc oxide interlayers with naphthalene diimide-based polymer zwitterions for efficient organic solar cells
December 2025
Zinc oxide (ZnO) has emerged as a promising electron transport layer (ETL) for optoelectronic devices due to its excellent charge carrier mobility and high optical transparency. However, the performance...
Self-healing materials for wearable electronics
December 2025
Wearable electronic devices have emerged as a cross-disciplinary research hotspot, showing great potential for next-generation health management technologies. However, these devices inevitably experience...