scholarly journals Self-Powered Piezoelectric-Biosensing Textiles for the Physiological Monitoring and Time-Motion Analysis of Individual Sports

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (15) ◽  
pp. 3310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yupeng Mao ◽  
Mailun Shen ◽  
Bing Liu ◽  
Lili Xing ◽  
Song Chen ◽  
...  

Self-powered piezoelectric-biosensing textiles for the physiological monitoring and time-motion analysis of individual sports have been developed. The material system is composed of tetrapod-shaped ZnO nanowires on common textiles. The mechanism is based on the coupling of enzymatic reaction (LOx and lactate) and piezoelectric effect. After conformably attaching the device to the athlete, the device can monitor in real-time the moving speed, frequency, joint angle, and sweat lactate concentration of the athlete. The whole monitoring/analysis process is battery-free. The motor skills and physiological state of two athletes are investigated using the textiles, and different lactate threshold times and maximum lactate release capacities have been obtained. This technique can help them develop distinct training programs. This research is a new direction for the scientific monitoring of kinematics and may also stimulate the development of self-powered wearable sports-related systems.

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanglinhan Zhang ◽  
Hongye Guan ◽  
Tianyan Zhong ◽  
Tianming Zhao ◽  
Lili Xing ◽  
...  

AbstractWe fabricated wearable perspiration analyzing sites for actively monitoring physiological status during exercises without any batteries or other power supply. The device mainly consists of ZnO nanowire (NW) arrays and flexible polydimethylsiloxane substrate. Sweat on the skin can flow into the flow channels of the device through capillary action and flow along the channels to ZnO NWs. The sweat flowing on the NWs (with lactate oxidase modification) can output a DC electrical signal, and the outputting voltage is dependent on the lactate concentration in the sweat as the biosensing signal. ZnO NWs generate electric double layer (EDL) in sweat, which causes a potential difference between the upper and lower ends (hydrovoltaic effect). The product of the enzymatic reaction can adjust the EDL and influence the output. This device can be integrated with wireless transmitter and may have potential application in constructing sports big data. This work promotes the development of next generation of biosensors and expands the scope of self-powered physiological monitoring system.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yupeng Mao ◽  
Ning Ba ◽  
Xinchao Gao ◽  
Ziqi Wang ◽  
Mailun Shen ◽  
...  

Self-powered wearable sweat-lactate analyzer has been developed for training analysis of rowing. Tetrapodshaped ZnO nanowires are attached onto ordinary textiles to form a device. Based on the coupling of enzymatic reaction (lactate oxidase and lactic acid) and piezoelectric effect, the device can be attached to the tester to monitor the driving frequency, rowing distance and sweat lactic acid concentration of the tester in real-time. The relationship between the rowing frequency and physiological state is obtained by monitoring the rowing process of the tester, which is helpful to formulate a training plan belonging to the rowing tester. This study provides a new direction for the scientific monitoring of kinematics and accelerates the development of wearable sports equipment.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 373
Author(s):  
Tianming Zhao ◽  
Qi Wang ◽  
An Du

Artificial sensory substitution systems can mimic human sensory organs through replacing the sensing process of a defective sensory receptor and transmitting the sensing signal into the nervous system. Here, we report a self-powered flexible gustation sour sensor for detecting ascorbic acid concentration. The material system comprises of Na2C2O4-Ppy with AAO modification, PDMS and Cu wire mesh. The working mechanism is contributed to the triboelectrification/enzymatic-reaction coupling effect, and the device can collect weak energy from body movements and directly output triboelectric current without any external power-units. The triboelectric output is affected by AA concentration, and the response is up to 34.82% against 15.625 mM/L of AA solution. Furthermore, a practical application in detecting ascorbic acid concentration of different drinks has been demonstrated. This work can encourage the development of wearable flexible electronics and this self-powered sour sensor has the potential that can be acted as a kind of gustatory receptors to build electronic tongues.


2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 640-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Schenk ◽  
Ruth Schleyer ◽  
Cami R. Jones ◽  
Sarah Fincham ◽  
Kenn B. Daratha ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 86 (7) ◽  
pp. 951-955 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. T. den Boer ◽  
L. T. de Wit ◽  
J. Dankelman ◽  
D. J. Gouma

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 523-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant Duthie ◽  
David Pyne ◽  
Sue Hooper
Keyword(s):  

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Torres-Ronda ◽  
Angel Ric ◽  
Ivan Llabres-Torres ◽  
Bernat de las Heras ◽  
Xavi Schelling i del Alcazar

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 552-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Boyd ◽  
Chris Barnes ◽  
Simon J Eaves ◽  
Christopher I Morse ◽  
Neil Roach ◽  
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