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Ultraconformable Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Electrophysiology
Electrically interfacing the skin for monitoring personal health condition is the basis of skin‐contact electrophysiology. In the clinical practice the use of stiff and bulky pregelled or dry electrodes, in contrast to the soft body tissues, imposes severe restrictions to user comfort and mobility w...
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5867059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29593975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201700771 |
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author | Ferrari, Laura M. Sudha, Sudha Tarantino, Sergio Esposti, Roberto Bolzoni, Francesco Cavallari, Paolo Cipriani, Christian Mattoli, Virgilio Greco, Francesco |
author_facet | Ferrari, Laura M. Sudha, Sudha Tarantino, Sergio Esposti, Roberto Bolzoni, Francesco Cavallari, Paolo Cipriani, Christian Mattoli, Virgilio Greco, Francesco |
author_sort | Ferrari, Laura M. |
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description | Electrically interfacing the skin for monitoring personal health condition is the basis of skin‐contact electrophysiology. In the clinical practice the use of stiff and bulky pregelled or dry electrodes, in contrast to the soft body tissues, imposes severe restrictions to user comfort and mobility while limiting clinical applications. Here, in this work dry, unperceivable temporary tattoo electrodes are presented. Customized single or multielectrode arrays are readily fabricated by inkjet printing of conducting polymer onto commercial decal transfer paper, which allows for easy transfer on the user's skin. Conformal adhesion to the skin is provided thanks to their ultralow thickness (<1 µm). Tattoo electrode–skin contact impedance is characterized on short‐ (1 h) and long‐term (48 h) and compared with standard pregelled and dry electrodes. The viability in electrophysiology is validated by surface electromyography and electrocardiography recordings on various locations on limbs and face. A novel concept of tattoo as perforable skin‐contact electrode, through which hairs can grow, is demonstrated, thus permitting to envision very long‐term recordings on areas with high hair density. The proposed materials and patterning strategy make this technology amenable for large‐scale production of low‐cost sensing devices. |
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spelling | pubmed-58670592018-03-28 Ultraconformable Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Electrophysiology Ferrari, Laura M. Sudha, Sudha Tarantino, Sergio Esposti, Roberto Bolzoni, Francesco Cavallari, Paolo Cipriani, Christian Mattoli, Virgilio Greco, Francesco Adv Sci (Weinh) Full Papers Electrically interfacing the skin for monitoring personal health condition is the basis of skin‐contact electrophysiology. In the clinical practice the use of stiff and bulky pregelled or dry electrodes, in contrast to the soft body tissues, imposes severe restrictions to user comfort and mobility while limiting clinical applications. Here, in this work dry, unperceivable temporary tattoo electrodes are presented. Customized single or multielectrode arrays are readily fabricated by inkjet printing of conducting polymer onto commercial decal transfer paper, which allows for easy transfer on the user's skin. Conformal adhesion to the skin is provided thanks to their ultralow thickness (<1 µm). Tattoo electrode–skin contact impedance is characterized on short‐ (1 h) and long‐term (48 h) and compared with standard pregelled and dry electrodes. The viability in electrophysiology is validated by surface electromyography and electrocardiography recordings on various locations on limbs and face. A novel concept of tattoo as perforable skin‐contact electrode, through which hairs can grow, is demonstrated, thus permitting to envision very long‐term recordings on areas with high hair density. The proposed materials and patterning strategy make this technology amenable for large‐scale production of low‐cost sensing devices. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-01-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5867059/ /pubmed/29593975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201700771 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Published by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Full Papers Ferrari, Laura M. Sudha, Sudha Tarantino, Sergio Esposti, Roberto Bolzoni, Francesco Cavallari, Paolo Cipriani, Christian Mattoli, Virgilio Greco, Francesco Ultraconformable Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Electrophysiology |
title | Ultraconformable Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Electrophysiology |
title_full | Ultraconformable Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Electrophysiology |
title_fullStr | Ultraconformable Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Electrophysiology |
title_full_unstemmed | Ultraconformable Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Electrophysiology |
title_short | Ultraconformable Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Electrophysiology |
title_sort | ultraconformable temporary tattoo electrodes for electrophysiology |
topic | Full Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5867059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29593975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.201700771 |
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