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human motion at elbow, knee, heel and even fingers for multifunctional humanactivity monitoring (Table 8.1). Through mixing Ni particles into gallium-based
liquid metals (LMs), an enhanced adhesion was induced that allowed fabrication
of flexible electronics as the functional Ni-GaIn material was allowed to be printed
onto a variety of soft substrates, directly (Dickey 2017). The authors benefited from
enhanced adhesion of Ni-GaIn amalgams, appealing softness, and high electroconductivity to establish highly luminous and stretchable platforms made from
Ecoflex 00-30 encapsulation layer (Ecoflex), Ecoflex 00-30—ZnS substrate layer
(Ecoflex—ZnS) and Ni-GaIn wire. Ultimately, a sensing glove founded on Ni-GaIn
sensor was developed to oversee the local movement, where they evaluate its electrical stability by means of the correlation between deformation and resistance value
(Wang et al. 2018). It recorded the movement data and reconstructed the motion
of the fingers through implementing a human–machine interface in the computer,
in which, as the Ni-GaIn sensor was bent, stretched, and compressed, the electrical signals were measured. The authors recorded fatigue tests where the device
illustrated perfect electrical stability when being used as a sensor. The device was
capable of concurrent tracking of the motions of the fingers through utilization of five
distinct strain sensors illustrating precise readout of complicated motions. The study
indicated the opportunities of employing Ni-GaIn based strain sensor system for
human–machine interface and activity monitoring as well as suggesting substantial
prospective applications for human motion quantification (Wang et al. 2018).
8.5 Summary
By integrating the sensitivity of chemiluminescence with advantageous features of
electrochemistry, electrochemiluminescence offers a sensitive, nonhazardous, and
inexpensive method for biorecognition of a great number of target analytes. In combination with BioMEMS, electrochemiluminescence can generate powerful biosensing
platforms that are benefited from portability, compactness, cost-effectiveness, and
ease of signal read out. Such devices can serve as great candidates in normal urban
settings for point of care or in remote and/or rural areas for extreme point of care.
This chapter presented a summary of the latest advancements of this hybrid systems
that involve both BioMEMS and electrochemiluminescence detection strategy.
References
Bard AJ (1988) Electrogenerated chemiluminescence-final report
Blair EO, Corrigan DK (2019) A review of microfabricated electrochemical biosensors for DNA
detection. Biosens Bioelectr 134:57–67. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2019.03.055
A. S. Cerda-Kipper and S. Hosseini
human motion at elbow, knee, heel and even fingers for multifunctional humanactivity monitoring (Table 8.1). Through mixing Ni particles into gallium-based
liquid metals (LMs), an enhanced adhesion was induced that allowed fabrication
of flexible electronics as the functional Ni-GaIn material was allowed to be printed
onto a variety of soft substrates, directly (Dickey 2017). The authors benefited from
enhanced adhesion of Ni-GaIn amalgams, appealing softness, and high electroconductivity to establish highly luminous and stretchable platforms made from
Ecoflex 00-30 encapsulation layer (Ecoflex), Ecoflex 00-30—ZnS substrate layer
(Ecoflex—ZnS) and Ni-GaIn wire. Ultimately, a sensing glove founded on Ni-GaIn
sensor was developed to oversee the local movement, where they evaluate its electrical stability by means of the correlation between deformation and resistance value
(Wang et al. 2018). It recorded the movement data and reconstructed the motion
of the fingers through implementing a human–machine interface in the computer,
in which, as the Ni-GaIn sensor was bent, stretched, and compressed, the electrical signals were measured. The authors recorded fatigue tests where the device
illustrated perfect electrical stability when being used as a sensor. The device was
capable of concurrent tracking of the motions of the fingers through utilization of five
distinct strain sensors illustrating precise readout of complicated motions. The study
indicated the opportunities of employing Ni-GaIn based strain sensor system for
human–machine interface and activity monitoring as well as suggesting substantial
prospective applications for human motion quantification (Wang et al. 2018).
8.5 Summary
By integrating the sensitivity of chemiluminescence with advantageous features of
electrochemistry, electrochemiluminescence offers a sensitive, nonhazardous, and
inexpensive method for biorecognition of a great number of target analytes. In combination with BioMEMS, electrochemiluminescence can generate powerful biosensing
platforms that are benefited from portability, compactness, cost-effectiveness, and
ease of signal read out. Such devices can serve as great candidates in normal urban
settings for point of care or in remote and/or rural areas for extreme point of care.
This chapter presented a summary of the latest advancements of this hybrid systems
that involve both BioMEMS and electrochemiluminescence detection strategy.
References
Bard AJ (1988) Electrogenerated chemiluminescence-final report
Blair EO, Corrigan DK (2019) A review of microfabricated electrochemical biosensors for DNA
detection. Biosens Bioelectr 134:57–67. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2019.03.055