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Metal oxides based electrochemical pH sensors: Current progress and future perspectives (2019)
Journal Article
Manjakkal, L., Szwagierczak, D., & Dahiya, R. (2020). Metal oxides based electrochemical pH sensors: Current progress and future perspectives. Progress in Materials Science, 109, Article 100635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2019.100635

Electrochemical pH sensors are on high demand in numerous applications such as food processing, health monitoring, agriculture and nuclear sectors, and water quality monitoring etc., owing to their fast response (

Large-Area Soft e-Skin: The Challenges Beyond Sensor Designs (2019)
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Dahiya, R., Yogeswaran, N., Liu, F., Manjakkal, L., Burdet, E., Hayward, V., & Jorntell, H. (2019). Large-Area Soft e-Skin: The Challenges Beyond Sensor Designs. Proceedings of the IEEE, 107(10), 2016-2033. https://doi.org/10.1109/jproc.2019.2941366

Sensory feedback from touch is critical for many tasks carried out by robots and humans, such as grasping objects or identifying materials. Electronic skin (e-skin) is a crucial technology for these purposes. Artificial tactile skin that can play the... Read More about Large-Area Soft e-Skin: The Challenges Beyond Sensor Designs.

Triboelectric Nanogenerator With Enhanced Performance via an Optimized Low Permittivity Substrate (2019)
Journal Article
Min, G., Manjakkal, L., Mulvihill, D. M., & Dahiya, R. S. (2020). Triboelectric Nanogenerator With Enhanced Performance via an Optimized Low Permittivity Substrate. IEEE Sensors Journal, 20(13), 6856-6862. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2019.2938605

With electrical power generated from mechanical contact, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) offer a promising route to realizing self-powered sensors. For effective usage, it is important to improve their limited power range (0.1–100 mW/cm 2 ) and... Read More about Triboelectric Nanogenerator With Enhanced Performance via an Optimized Low Permittivity Substrate.

Printed Temperature Sensor based on Graphene Oxide/PEDOT:PSS (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Soni, M., Bhattacharjee, M., Manjakkal, L., & Dahiya, R. (2019). Printed Temperature Sensor based on Graphene Oxide/PEDOT:PSS. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). https://doi.org/10.1109/fleps.2019

Temperature is an important physical parameter which need to be monitored for various applications ranging from health monitoring to robotics [1] , [2]. In humans, accurate measurement of the variations in the skin temperature is utilized for investi... Read More about Printed Temperature Sensor based on Graphene Oxide/PEDOT:PSS.

Cloth Based Biocompatiable Temperature Sensor (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Manjakkal, L., Soni, M., Yogeswaran, N., & Dahiya, R. (2019). Cloth Based Biocompatiable Temperature Sensor. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). https://doi.org/10.1109/fleps.2019.8792319

Circular economy focussing on the reuse and recycling of materials is gaining significant interest these days as the concern for environment sustainability is increasing [1] - [3] . In this regard, printed electronics or green electronics is being pr... Read More about Cloth Based Biocompatiable Temperature Sensor.

Energy autonomous eSkin (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Manjakkal, L., Nunez, C. G., & Dahiya, R. (2019). Energy autonomous eSkin. In Proceedings SPIE 10982: Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520757

The energy autonomy is a critical feature that would enable better portability and longer operation times for wearable systems. In the next generation of prosthesis and robotics, the operation of multiple components (from few sensors to millions of e... Read More about Energy autonomous eSkin.

Graphene–Graphite Polyurethane Composite Based High‐Energy Density Flexible Supercapacitors (2019)
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Manjakkal, L., Navaraj, W. T., Núñez, C. G., & Dahiya, R. (2019). Graphene–Graphite Polyurethane Composite Based High‐Energy Density Flexible Supercapacitors. Advanced Science, 6(7), Article 1802251. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201802251

Energy autonomy is critical for wearable and portable systems and to this end storage devices with high-energy density are needed. This work presents high-energy density flexible supercapacitors (SCs), showing three times the energy density than simi... Read More about Graphene–Graphite Polyurethane Composite Based High‐Energy Density Flexible Supercapacitors.

Textile-Based Potentiometric Electrochemical pH Sensor for Wearable Applications (2019)
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Manjakkal, L., Dang, W., Yogeswaran, N., & Dahiya, R. (2019). Textile-Based Potentiometric Electrochemical pH Sensor for Wearable Applications. Biosensors, 9(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios9010014

In this work, we present a potentiometric pH sensor on textile substrate for wearable applications. The sensitive (thick film graphite composite) and reference electrodes (Ag/AgCl) are printed on cellulose-polyester blend cloth. An excellent adhesion... Read More about Textile-Based Potentiometric Electrochemical pH Sensor for Wearable Applications.

Energy autonomous electronic skin (2019)
Journal Article
García Núñez, C., Manjakkal, L., & Dahiya, R. (2019). Energy autonomous electronic skin. npj Flexible Electronics, 3(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41528-018-0045-x

Energy autonomy is key to the next generation portable and wearable systems for several applications. Among these, the electronic-skin or e-skin is currently a matter of intensive investigations due to its wider applicability in areas, ranging from r... Read More about Energy autonomous electronic skin.

Cost-effective sensors and sensor nodes for monitoring environmental parameters (2018)
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Vasiljevic, D., Zlebic, C., Stojanovic, G., Simic, M., Manjakkal, L., & Stamenkovic, Z. (2018). Cost-effective sensors and sensor nodes for monitoring environmental parameters. Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering, 31(1), 11-23. https://doi

This paper reviews the design and characterization of humidity and pH sensors manufactured in the printed circuit board (PCB), ink-jet, and screen printing technologies. The first one (PCB technology) provides robust sensors with PET film which can b... Read More about Cost-effective sensors and sensor nodes for monitoring environmental parameters.

Flexible ZnO Nanowires-Graphene Stack by Hot Lamination Method (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shakthivel, D., Yogeswaran, N., Manjakkal, L., & Dahiva, R. (2018). Flexible ZnO Nanowires-Graphene Stack by Hot Lamination Method. In 2018 IEEE Sensors. https://doi.org/10.1109/icsens.2018.8589818

Inorganic nanostructures on flexible substrates form key components for high performance flexible electronics. 1D (Nanowires) and 2D (graphene) nanostructures are inherently flexible, in addition to having attractive electronic properties. The utilit... Read More about Flexible ZnO Nanowires-Graphene Stack by Hot Lamination Method.

Contact-Printing of Zinc Oxide Nanowires for Chemical Sensing Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nunez, C. G., Manjakkal, L., Liu, F., & Dahiya, R. (2018). Contact-Printing of Zinc Oxide Nanowires for Chemical Sensing Applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/icsens.2018.8589516

This paper presents a new method for printing zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires (NWs) and their analysis for chemical sensing applications. High-crystal quality ZnO NWs are synthesized by chemical vapour transport (CVT) technique and directly transferred an... Read More about Contact-Printing of Zinc Oxide Nanowires for Chemical Sensing Applications.

Bio-Organic Glycine Based Flexible Piezoelectric Stress Sensor for Wound Monitoring (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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

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... Read More about Bio-Organic Glycine Based Flexible Piezoelectric Stress Sensor for Wound Monitoring.

Enhanced Triboelectric Nanogenerator Performance via an Optimised Low Permittivity, Low Thickness Substrate (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Min, G., Manjakkal, L., Mulvihill, D. M., & Dahiya, R. S. (2018). Enhanced Triboelectric Nanogenerator Performance via an Optimised Low Permittivity, Low Thickness Substrate. . https://doi.org/10.1109/icsens.2018.8589631

With electrical power generated from mechanical contact, the triboelectric nanogenerators (TEN Gs) have attracted attention recently as a promising route to realising self-powered sensors (e.g. tactile sensors, biomedical sensors etc.). Due to their... Read More about Enhanced Triboelectric Nanogenerator Performance via an Optimised Low Permittivity, Low Thickness Substrate.

Energy Autonomous Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Manjakkal, L., Nikbakhtnasrabadi, F., & Dahiya, R. (2018). Energy Autonomous Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring. . https://doi.org/10.1109/icsens.2018.8589564

This work is aimed to investigate conductivity and temperature of a solution by using energy autonomous thick film sensors. A RuO 2 based thick film electrode is fabricated for conductivity sensor and an interdigitated electrode with graphite sensiti... Read More about Energy Autonomous Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring.

Flexible Printed Reference Electrodes for Electrochemical Applications (2018)
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Manjakkal, L., Shakthivel, D., & Dahiya, R. (2018). Flexible Printed Reference Electrodes for Electrochemical Applications. Advanced Materials Technologies, 3(12), Article 1800252. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201800252

This work presents screen-printed thick film reference electrodes (REs) on a polyethylene terephthalate substrate. The ion-conducting channel of presented screen-printed thick film Ag|AgCl|KCl electrodes are made from a composite of glass–KCl powder.... Read More about Flexible Printed Reference Electrodes for Electrochemical Applications.

Flexible self-charging supercapacitor based on graphene-Ag-3D graphene foam electrodes (2018)
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Manjakkal, L., Núñez, C. G., Dang, W., & Dahiya, R. (2018). Flexible self-charging supercapacitor based on graphene-Ag-3D graphene foam electrodes. Nano Energy, 51, 604-612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.06.072

A flexible three-dimensional porous graphene foam-based supercapacitor (GFSC) is presented here for energy storage applications. With a novel layered structure of highly conductive electrodes (graphene-Ag conductive epoxy–graphene foam), forming an e... Read More about Flexible self-charging supercapacitor based on graphene-Ag-3D graphene foam electrodes.

Screen Printed Thick Film Reference Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing (2018)
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Manjakkal, L., Vilouras, A., & Dahiya, R. (2018). Screen Printed Thick Film Reference Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing. IEEE Sensors Journal, 18(19), 7779-7785. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2018.2840349

This paper presents printed thick film Ag|AgCl|KCl reference electrodes (RE) for electrochemical sensors. The screenprinted REs with 10-μm thick glass-KCl salt matrix layer exhibit a stable potential of 5 mV. Cyclic voltammetric analysis shows that t... Read More about Screen Printed Thick Film Reference Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing.

Printed flexible electrochemical pH sensors based on CuO nanorods (2018)
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Manjakkal, L., Sakthivel, B., Gopalakrishnan, N., & Dahiya, R. (2018). Printed flexible electrochemical pH sensors based on CuO nanorods. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 263, 50-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2018.02.092

Nanostructured metal oxides have attracted significant interest in a range of areas in electrochemical applications such as sensors, supercapacitors, and battery electrodes etc. Printing of these materials on flexible substrates will open new applica... Read More about Printed flexible electrochemical pH sensors based on CuO nanorods.

Stretchable wireless system for sweat pH monitoring (2018)
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Dang, W., Manjakkal, L., Navaraj, W. T., Lorenzelli, L., Vinciguerra, V., & Dahiya, R. (2018). Stretchable wireless system for sweat pH monitoring. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 107, 192-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2018.02.025

Sensor-laden wearable systems that are capable of providing continuous measurement of key physiological parameters coupled with data storage, drug delivery and feedback therapy have attracted huge interest. Here we report a stretchable wireless syste... Read More about Stretchable wireless system for sweat pH monitoring.