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Materials-Structure-Hardware-Algorithm Co-Driven Hierarchical Optimization for Flexible Sensors
Pengyu Zhu1, Peng He2, Jinbo Pang3
1State Key Laboratory of Precision Welding & Joining of Materials and Structures, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 92 Xidazhi Street, Nangang District, Harbin, 150001, People's Republic of China.
Nano-Micro Letters
|August 10, 2026
Summary
Future flexible electronics require a co-design approach across materials, structure, hardware, and algorithms. This integrated strategy is essential for overcoming performance limitations in flexible sensors and advancing the field.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Science
Background:
- Flexible electronics, particularly flexible sensors, are crucial for next-generation devices.
- Current designs face performance trade-offs due to optimizing individual components.
- Innovations in materials, structures, hardware, and algorithms have advanced the field.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the current landscape of flexible sensing technologies.
- To analyze the importance of hierarchical synergy in flexible electronics.
- To propose a co-design paradigm for future advancements.
Main Methods:
- Systematic organization of research across four key hierarchies: materials, structure, hardware, and algorithms.
- Analysis of recent breakthroughs and their impact on hierarchical synergy.
- Development of a theoretical framework for co-design.
Main Results:
- Identified limitations of conventional, component-specific optimization approaches.
- Highlighted the critical role of integrating advancements across all hierarchies.
- Established a framework emphasizing synergistic co-design for enhanced performance.
Conclusions:
- Future progress in flexible sensing hinges on a holistic co-design strategy.
- Integrating materials, structure, hardware, and algorithms is key to overcoming performance bottlenecks.
- The proposed framework aims to guide future innovation in flexible electronics.
