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Wearable electrochemical biosensors for advanced healthcare monitoring

Wearable electrochemical biosensors for advanced healthcare monitoring
Wearable electrochemical biosensors for advanced healthcare monitoring

Recent advancements in wearable electrochemical biosensors have opened new avenues for on-body and continuous detection of biomarkers, enabling personalized, real-time, and preventive healthcare. While glucose monitoring has set a precedent for wearable biosensors, the field is rapidly expanding to include a wider range of analytes crucial for disease diagnosis, treatment, and management. In this review, recent key innovations are examined in the design and manufacturing underpinning these biosensing platforms including biorecognition elements, signal transduction methods, electrode and substrate materials, and fabrication techniques. The applications of these biosensors are then highlighted in detecting a variety of biochemical markers, such as small molecules, hormones, drugs, and macromolecules, in biofluids including interstitial fluid, sweat, wound exudate, saliva, and tears. Additionally, the review also covers recent advances in wearable electrochemical biosensing platforms, such as multi-sensory integration, closed-loop control, and power supply. Furthermore, the challenges associated with critical issues are discussed, such as biocompatibility, biofouling, and sensor degradation, and the opportunities in materials science, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence to overcome these limitations.

biomarkers, body fluids, electrochemical biosensors, healthcare monitoring, wearable electronics
2198-3844
Duan, Haowei
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Peng, Shuhua
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He, Shuai
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Duan, Haowei, Peng, Shuhua, He, Shuai, Tang, Shi Yang, Goda, Keisuke, Wang, Chun H. and Li, Ming (2025) Wearable electrochemical biosensors for advanced healthcare monitoring. Advanced Science, 12 (2), [2411433]. (doi:10.1002/advs.202411433).

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Abstract

Recent advancements in wearable electrochemical biosensors have opened new avenues for on-body and continuous detection of biomarkers, enabling personalized, real-time, and preventive healthcare. While glucose monitoring has set a precedent for wearable biosensors, the field is rapidly expanding to include a wider range of analytes crucial for disease diagnosis, treatment, and management. In this review, recent key innovations are examined in the design and manufacturing underpinning these biosensing platforms including biorecognition elements, signal transduction methods, electrode and substrate materials, and fabrication techniques. The applications of these biosensors are then highlighted in detecting a variety of biochemical markers, such as small molecules, hormones, drugs, and macromolecules, in biofluids including interstitial fluid, sweat, wound exudate, saliva, and tears. Additionally, the review also covers recent advances in wearable electrochemical biosensing platforms, such as multi-sensory integration, closed-loop control, and power supply. Furthermore, the challenges associated with critical issues are discussed, such as biocompatibility, biofouling, and sensor degradation, and the opportunities in materials science, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence to overcome these limitations.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 26 November 2024
Published date: 13 January 2025
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Keywords: biomarkers, body fluids, electrochemical biosensors, healthcare monitoring, wearable electronics

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Local EPrints ID: 503397
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/503397
ISSN: 2198-3844
PURE UUID: 4c6d70ea-858f-401d-a8ed-42989d2ba7b4
ORCID for Shi Yang Tang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-8880

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Date deposited: 30 Jul 2025 16:51
Last modified: 22 Aug 2025 02:40

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Author: Haowei Duan
Author: Shuhua Peng
Author: Shuai He
Author: Shi Yang Tang ORCID iD
Author: Keisuke Goda
Author: Chun H. Wang
Author: Ming Li

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