Special Issue on Advances in Wearable Electronics in North America and Europe

Introduction

Wearable electronics is a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field encompassing electronics, materials science, engineering, biotechnology, healthcare, and data science. Advances in flexible and stretchable materials, miniaturized sensors, energy harvesting and storage, wireless communication, artificial intelligence, and human–machine interfaces are enabling a new generation of wearable technologies with increasingly sophisticated capabilities.

North America and Europe have vibrant research communities and innovation ecosystems advancing wearable electronics across materials research, device engineering, healthcare applications, sports and performance monitoring, human–computer interaction, and emerging commercial technologies. Entitled “Advances in Wearable Electronics in North America and Europe,” this special issue of Wearable Electronics will showcase recent scientific and technological developments from these regions and foster exchange among academic, clinical, industrial, and interdisciplinary communities. 

We invite original research articles, review articles, perspectives, and other relevant contributions from researchers in North America and Europe, as well as international collaborators working with institutions or research teams in these regions. Submissions should address emerging developments in wearable electronics.

Topics of Interest

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Flexible, stretchable, and printable electronics
• Wearable sensors and biosensors
• Electronic skin and human–machine interfaces
• Wearable health and biomedical devices
• Physiological and biochemical monitoring
• Smart textiles and textile-integrated electronics
• Wearable and implantable bioelectronics
• Energy harvesting, storage, and self-powered wearable systems
• Wireless power transfer and low-power wearable electronics
• Flexible displays, actuators, and haptic devices
• Soft electronics and soft robotics
• Wearable devices for sports, fitness, and human performance
• Wearable technologies for rehabilitation and assistive applications
• Wearable systems for remote and personalized healthcare
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning for wearable sensing
• Edge computing and intelligent wearable systems
• Wireless communication and Internet-of-Things-enabled wearables
• Data analytics, multimodal sensing, and digital biomarkers
• Materials and manufacturing technologies for wearable electronics
• Reliability, durability, biocompatibility, and sustainability
• Human factors, usability, and user-centered wearable design
• Privacy, security, ethics, and responsible development of wearable technologies
• Clinical translation, commercialization, and regulatory considerations
• Emerging applications and future directions in wearable electronics

Types of Contributions

The Special Issue welcomes:

• Original Research Articles
• Review Articles
• Perspectives
• Short Communications
• Commentaries

Contributions should present significant advances, critical insights, or emerging perspectives that are relevant to the field of wearable electronics.

Why Submit?

This Special Issue will provide an opportunity to:

• Highlight recent advances in wearable-electronics research across North America and Europe;
• Connect researchers from complementary disciplines and institutions;
• Promote collaboration between academia, healthcare, and industry;
• Showcase emerging technologies and applications with potential for real-world impact; 
• Identify future research directions and challenges for the next generation of wearable electronics.

Submission Information

Manuscripts should be prepared according to the author guidelines of Wearable Electronics and submitted through the journal's online submission system. When submitting, authors should select the article type corresponding to this Special Issue and indicate “Advances in Wearable Electronics in North America and Europe” in the cover letter and/or submission system, as applicable. All submissions will undergo the journal's standard peer-review process and will be evaluated according to the journal’s editorial and publication policies.

Important Dates

Manuscript submission deadline: March, 2027

Expected publication: July, 2027

Submission Instructions

Please read the Guide for Authors  before submitting. All articles should be submitted online, please select “VSI-Advances in Wearable Electronics in NA & EU” on submission.

We particularly encourage submissions that demonstrate interdisciplinary collaboration, technological innovation, translational potential, or clear contributions to addressing emerging challenges in wearable electronics. We look forward to receiving your contributions and to bringing together an outstanding collection of research highlighting the advances, opportunities, and future directions of wearable electronics in North America and Europe.

Guest Editors

• Jun Chen, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
• Cunjiang Yu, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Sihong Wang, The University of Chicago, USA
• Francisco Molina-Lopez, KU Leuven, Belgium