QUT researchers are part of an international group who have explored ways in which organic transistors are being developed for use as wearable health sensors.
The currently available bioelectronic devices, such as pacemakers, that can be embedded within the human body are mostly based on rigid components.
However, the next-generation devices – which are researched and developed by bioelectronic engineers, organic chemists, and materials scientists – will use soft organic materials that allow comfortable wearability as well as efficient monitoring of health.
In a study published and featured on the cover of the journal, Advanced Materials, Dr Ali Nawaz, from the Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy, and QUT Centre for Materials Science researchers Professor Prashant Sonar, Professor Kathryn Fairfull-Smith, and Dr Qian Liu have reviewed the potential of organic electrochemical transistors for use in in vivo bioelectronic devices, which are devices suitable to be used within a living organism.
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