Bio-Organic Glycine Based Flexible Piezoelectric Stress Sensor for Wound Monitoring

Hosseini, Ensieh S.; Manjakkal, Libu; Dahiya, Ravinder

Abstract

The application of controlled mechanical stress on a wound site can accelerate the wound healing by improving the cellular proliferation during tissue regeneration. To facilitate this there is need to monitor the applied stress around the wound site and hence there is need to develop a biocompatible stress sensor. Here we present the glycine-based biocompatible and flexible piezoelectric stress sensor. The sensor is based on novel piezoelectric composite comprising of piezoelectric y-glycine micro-crystals embedded in PDMS. On application of external force the sensor generates an average output voltage of 250 mV, with current density of 0.010 μA/cm 2 and a power density of 2.5 nW/cm 2 . While the produced piezoelectric voltage helps accelerate the wound healing, the energy generation by the sensor could also find potential applications in self-powered touch sensors. The successful demonstration of presented stress sensor, we will pave the way for their integration on compression bandages and dressings used for chronic wound management.

Citation

Hosseini, E. S., Manjakkal, L., & Dahiya, R. (2018). Bio-Organic Glycine Based Flexible Piezoelectric Stress Sensor for Wound Monitoring. . https://doi.org/10.1109/icsens.2018.8589588

• Conference Name: 2018 IEEE Sensors
• Conference Location: New Delhi
• Start Date: Oct 28, 2018
• End Date: Oct 31, 2018
• Acceptance Date: Dec 27, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Dec 27, 2018
• Publication Date: 2018-10
• Deposit Date: Jul 29, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/icsens.2018.8589588
• Keywords: Glycine crystals, Biocompatible, Piezoelectric, Stress sensor, Wound monitoring
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2893206