Highlighting Advances in Wearable and Implantable Health Monitoring: Our Work in Advanced Science

Continuous physiological monitoring is rapidly transforming healthcare, enabling earlier detection of disease, personalized treatment, and improved long‑term management of chronic conditions. At the heart of this transformation lies the need for highly sensitive, reliable, and biocompatible sensing materials that can operate seamlessly within wearable and implantable devices.

This review provides a comprehensive overview of next‑generation piezoelectric materials that are driving innovation in this space. By converting subtle mechanical signals—such as heartbeat, respiration, muscle movement, or blood flow—into measurable electrical signals, piezoelectric materials enable self‑powered or low‑power sensing platforms suitable for continuous monitoring in real‑world settings.

Addressing Key Challenges in Implantable and Wearable Devices

A central focus of the article is how emerging piezoelectric materials address long‑standing challenges in biointegrated electronics, including:

• Mechanical flexibility and stretchability, allowing devices to conform naturally to soft biological tissues

• Biocompatibility and long‑term stability, critical for safe implantable applications

• High sensitivity at low frequencies, essential for detecting subtle physiological signals

• Energy harvesting capability, reducing reliance on external power sources

By examining material design strategies, device architectures, and system‑level integration, the review highlights how advances in piezoelectric engineering are enabling more comfortable, longer‑lasting, and clinically reliable monitoring technologies.

The insights presented in this work have broad implications for next‑generation wearable health technologies, implantable medical devices, and personalized medicine. From continuous cardiovascular monitoring to motion tracking and neural interfaces, piezoelectric materials are poised to play a pivotal role in closing the gap between engineering innovation and real‑world clinical adoption.

https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202507853

Journal: Advanced Science

Year: 2025

Article: e07853

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