Dual-Function Wearable Hydrogel Optical Fiber for Monitoring Posture and Sweat pH.
ACS Sens
; 9(6): 3413-3422, 2024 Jun 28.
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| ID: mdl-38887933
ABSTRACT
In recent years, wearable devices have been widely used for human health monitoring. Such monitoring predominantly relies on the principles of optics and electronics. However, electronic detection is susceptible to electromagnetic interference, and traditional optical fiber detection is limited in functionality and unable to simultaneously detect both physical and chemical signals. Hence, a wearable, embedded asymmetric color-blocked optical fiber sensor based on a hydrogel has been developed. Its sensing principle is grounded in the total internal reflection within the optical fiber. The method for posture sensing involves changes in the light path due to fiber bending with color blocks providing wavelength-selective modulation by absorption changes. Sweat pH sensing is facilitated by variations in fluorescence intensity triggered by sweat-induced conformational changes in Rhodamine B. With just one fiber, it achieves both physical and chemical signal detection. Fabricated using a molding technique, this fiber boasts excellent biocompatibility and can accurately discern single and multiple bending points, with a recognition range of 0-90° for a single segment, a detection limit of 0.02 mm-1 and a sweat pH sensing linear regression R2 of 0.993, alongside great light propagation properties (-0.6 dB·cm-1). With its extensive capabilities, it holds promise for applications in medical monitoring.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Posture
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Sweat
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Hydrogels
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Optical Fibers
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Wearable Electronic Devices
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
ACS Sens
Year:
2024
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Article