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Multifunctional Flexible Humidity Sensor Systems Towards Noncontact Wearable Electronics

Abstract: In the past decade, the global industry and research attentions on intelligent skin-like electronics have boosted their applications in diverse fields including human healthcare, Internet of Things, human-machine interfaces, artificial intelligence and soft robotics. Among them, flexible humidity sensors play a vital role in noncontact measurements relying on the unique property of rapid response to humidity change. This work presents an overview of recent advances in flexible humidity sensors using various acti…

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Multifunctional Flexible Humidity Sensor Systems Towards Noncontact Wearable Electronics

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In the past decade, the global industry and research attentions on intelligent skin-like electronics have boosted their applications in diverse fields including human healthcare, Internet of Things, human-machine interfaces, artificial intelligence and soft robotics. Among them, flexible humidity sensors play a vital role in noncontact measurements relying on the unique property of rapid response to humidity change.

This work presents an overview of recent advances in flexible humidity sensors using various active functional materials for contactless monitoring. Four categories of humidity sensors are highlighted based on resistive, capacitive, impedance-type and voltage-type working mechanisms.

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  • Among them, flexible humidity sensors play a vital role in noncontact measurements relying on the unique property of rapid response to humidity change.
  • This work presents an overview of recent advances in flexible humidity sensors using various active functional materials for contactless monitoring.
  • Four categories of humidity sensors are highlighted based on resistive, capacitive, impedance-type and voltage-type working mechanisms.
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In the past decade, the global industry and research attentions on intelligent skin-like electronics have boosted their applications in diverse fields including human healthcare, Internet of Things, human-machine interfaces, artificial intelligence and soft robotics.

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