Kyriakos Almpanidis
Academic and research departments
Nanoelectronics Centre, Advanced Technology Institute, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.Â鶹ÊÓƵ
My research project
Smart bandages for wound monitoringEnabling ultra-sensitive measurements of chemical and electrical signals produced by human organs with bio-compatible devices, without wires, on ultra-flexible substrates, is of paramount importance for future bio-medical devices targeting early-stage disease diagnostics as well as patient monitoring. This project will explore new approaches for both on-skin and implantable flexible sensors that are fully compatible with bio-tissues and operate under realistic conditions when devices are interfaced with ‘wet tissues’ with bio-electrolytes. Novel organic semiconductor sensor devices will be incorporated onto soft substrates, and designed with specific responses to either bio-chemical signals or very small changes of electric potential. Ultra-flexible, and also stretchable nature of the electronic part is the key to the future bio-medical sensors compatible with a variety of applications from cardiac monitoring to brain cell activity recording.
Supervisors
Enabling ultra-sensitive measurements of chemical and electrical signals produced by human organs with bio-compatible devices, without wires, on ultra-flexible substrates, is of paramount importance for future bio-medical devices targeting early-stage disease diagnostics as well as patient monitoring. This project will explore new approaches for both on-skin and implantable flexible sensors that are fully compatible with bio-tissues and operate under realistic conditions when devices are interfaced with ‘wet tissues’ with bio-electrolytes. Novel organic semiconductor sensor devices will be incorporated onto soft substrates, and designed with specific responses to either bio-chemical signals or very small changes of electric potential. Ultra-flexible, and also stretchable nature of the electronic part is the key to the future bio-medical sensors compatible with a variety of applications from cardiac monitoring to brain cell activity recording.