Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors
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2023-03-09
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Humans rely increasingly on sensors to address grand challenges and to improve quality of life in the era of digitalization and big data. For ubiquitous sensing, flexible sensors are developed to overcome the limitations of conventional rigid counterparts. Despite rapid advancement in bench-side research over the last decade, the market adoption of flexible sensors remains limited. To ease and to expedite their deployment, here, we identify bottlenecks hindering the maturation of flexible sensors and propose promising solutions. We first analyze challenges in achieving satisfactory sensing performance for real-world applications and then summarize issues in compatible sensor-biology interfaces, followed by brief discussions on powering and connecting sensor networks. Issues en route to commercialization and for sustainable growth of the sector are also analyzed, highlighting environmental concerns and emphasizing nontechnical issues such as business, regulatory, and ethical considerations. Additionally, we look at future intelligent flexible sensors. In proposing a comprehensive roadmap, we hope to steer research efforts towards common goals and to guide coordinated development strategies from disparate communities. Through such collaborative efforts, scientific breakthroughs can be made sooner and capitalized for the betterment of humanity.
Key Findings
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A comprehensive, coordinated roadmap and cross-disciplinary collaboration are proposed to accelerate maturation, commercialization, and societal benefit of flexible sensors.
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Despite rapid bench-side research progress over the last decade, market adoption of flexible sensors remains limited due to multiple bottlenecks.
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Flexible sensors address limitations of rigid sensors and are essential for ubiquitous sensing in digitalization and big data contexts.
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Key technical challenges include achieving satisfactory real-world sensing performance, developing compatible sensor–biology interfaces, and powering/connecting sensor networks.
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Nontechnical barriers hindering commercialization and sustainable growth include environmental concerns, business models, regulatory frameworks, and ethical considerations.
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Flexible sensors
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Challenges, bottlenecks, and development roadmap for improving sensing performance, sensor–biology interfaces, power/connectivity, commercialization, sustainability, and future intelligent capabilities of flexible sensors
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2023-03-09
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