Flexible and stretchable electronics for wearable health devices

• DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2015.05.024
• Publication Date: 2015-06-14T17:26:05Z
• Authors: Jeroen van den Brand; Margreet de Kok; Marc Koetse; Maarten Cauwe; Rik Verplancke; Frederick Bossuyt; Michael Jablonski; Jan Vanfleteren
• Keywords: Wearable Technology; Stretchable electronics

Measuring the quality of human health and well-being is one of the key growth areas in our society. Preferably, these measurements are done as unobtrusive as possible. These sensoric devices are then to be integrated directly on the human body as a patch or integrated into garments. This requires the devices to be very thin, flexible and sometimes even stretchable. An overview of recent technology developments in this domain and concrete application examples will be discussed.