エピダーマール電子機器
Dae-Hyeong Kim1, Nanshu Lu, Rui Ma
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 13, 2011
まとめ
研究者らは,快適で目に見えない着用のために,皮膚の性質に完全に適合する新しい電子システムを開発しました. これらの表皮の電子機器は,重要な兆候を監視し,デバイスを制御することもでき,将来のヒューマン・コンピュータ・インターフェースを垣間見ることができます.
科学分野:
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
- バイオメディカルエンジニアリング
- 電子工学 電子工学 エンジニアリング
背景:
- 伝統的な電子システムは,硬直でボリュームが高く,人体との統合を制限しています.
- エピデルマ・エレクトロニクスは,皮膚の機械的性質を模倣することによって,これらの制約を克服することを目指しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 皮膚にシームレスに統合するために,表皮に匹敵する性質を持つ電子システムを開発する.
- 感知および制御アプリケーションのためのこれらの上皮の電子機器の機能性を実証するために.
主な方法:
- 厚さ,弾性モジュール,屈折硬さ,面積質量密度に合わせて電子システムの製造.
- 粘着のためのヴァン・デル・ワールスの相互作用を利用した皮膚へのデバイスのラミネーション.
- 様々なセンサー (電気生理学,温度,ストレンス) と電子部品 (トランジスタ,LED,ダイオードなど) の統合. ) を実施する.
主要な成果:
- 機械的な障害なしに肌に適合した接触と粘着を達成します.
- センサー,信号処理,電源など,多様な電子機能を成功裏に統合した.
- 心臓,神経,筋肉の電気活動を測定する能力を実証した.
- 非伝統的なコンピュータゲームコントローラとして使用する可能性を示しました.
結論:
- 皮膚外電子システムは,ウェアラブル技術の新しいパラダイムを提供し,不注意な健康モニタリングと新しい人間-コンピュータの相互作用を可能にします.
- 開発された技術は,多様なアプリケーションを持つ先進的なバイオ・インテグレーテッド・エレクトロニクスへの道を開く.
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