Flexible and wearable electronics represent paramount technologies ofering revolutionized solutions for medical diagnosis and therapy,nerve and organ interfaces,fabric computation,robot-in-medicine and metaverse.Being...Flexible and wearable electronics represent paramount technologies ofering revolutionized solutions for medical diagnosis and therapy,nerve and organ interfaces,fabric computation,robot-in-medicine and metaverse.Being ubiquitous in everyday life,piezoelectric materials and devices play a vital role in fexible and wearable electronics with their intriguing functionalities,including energy harvesting,sensing and actuation,personal health care and communications.As a new emerging fexible and wearable technology,fber-shaped piezoelectric devices ofer unique advantages over conventional thin-flm counterparts.In this review,we survey the recent scientifc and technological breakthroughs in thermally drawn piezoelectric fbers and fber-enabled intelligent fabrics.We highlight the fber materials,fber architecture,fabrication,device integration as well as functions that deliver higher forms of unique applications across smart sensing,health care,space security,actuation and energy domains.We conclude with a critical analysis of existing challenges and opportunities that will be important for the continued progress of this feld.展开更多
基金supported by Nanyang Technological University(021850-00001:Wei Yan)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52202167).
文摘Flexible and wearable electronics represent paramount technologies ofering revolutionized solutions for medical diagnosis and therapy,nerve and organ interfaces,fabric computation,robot-in-medicine and metaverse.Being ubiquitous in everyday life,piezoelectric materials and devices play a vital role in fexible and wearable electronics with their intriguing functionalities,including energy harvesting,sensing and actuation,personal health care and communications.As a new emerging fexible and wearable technology,fber-shaped piezoelectric devices ofer unique advantages over conventional thin-flm counterparts.In this review,we survey the recent scientifc and technological breakthroughs in thermally drawn piezoelectric fbers and fber-enabled intelligent fabrics.We highlight the fber materials,fber architecture,fabrication,device integration as well as functions that deliver higher forms of unique applications across smart sensing,health care,space security,actuation and energy domains.We conclude with a critical analysis of existing challenges and opportunities that will be important for the continued progress of this feld.
