Flexible Electronics: Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Epidermal Heat Flux Sensors for Measurements of Core Body Temperature (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 1/2016)

Yihui Zhang; Richard Chad Webb; Hongying Luo; Yeguang Xue; Jonas Kurniawan; Nam Heon Cho; Siddharth Krishnan; Yuhang Li; Yonggang Huang; John A Rogers

doi:10.1002/adhm.201670002

Flexible Electronics: Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Epidermal Heat Flux Sensors for Measurements of Core Body Temperature (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 1/2016)

Adv Healthc Mater. 2016 Jan;5(1):2. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201670002.

Authors

Yihui Zhang^{1

2}, Richard Chad Webb³, Hongying Luo^{1

4}, Yeguang Xue¹, Jonas Kurniawan³, Nam Heon Cho³, Siddharth Krishnan³, Yuhang Li^{1

5}, Yonggang Huang¹, John A Rogers⁶

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineeringand Mechanical Engineering, Center for Engineering and Healthand Skin Disease Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
² Center for Mechanics and Materials, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
³ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
⁴ School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
⁵ Institute of Solid Mechanics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
⁶ Department of Materials Science and Engineering Chemistry, Mechanical Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.

PMID: 26749418
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201670002

Abstract

On page 119, J. A. Rogers and co-workers present theoretical approaches, modeling algorithms, materials, and device designs for the noninvasive measurement of core body temperature by using multiple differential temperature sensors that attach softly and intimately onto the surface of the skin. The image shows the construction of differential temperature sensors using thermally insulating foam as the separation material.

Keywords: core body temperature; flexible electronics; heat flux; modeling; stretchable electronics.

Grants and funding

R01 EB019337/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States