We develop new sensing technologies for the monitoring of human body motions, that can be applied to organs and to surfaces in general. Specifically, it can be adapted to a wide range of different applications from the monitoring of intestine motility to the recognition of hand gestures.
Recently, we develepod a bioresorbable 3D printed flexible and self-adhesive piezoelectric device for monitoring human gestures. The device is based on silk fibroin, featuring piezoelectric properties, with a soluble plant-derived polyphenol (i.e., chestnut tannin) modified with graphene nanoplatelets.
The device shows excellent biocompatibility and mechanical properties such as conformability, and high elongation at break.
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