Resettable skin interfaced microfluidic sweat collection devices with chemesthetic hydration feedback

Wearables capable of collecting and analyzing sweat are of interest for athletics and health monitoring. Here, the authors report a resettable microfluidic platform comprising soft pumps and valves that provides triggered release of chemesthetic agents to alert the user of excessive sweat loss.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jonathan T. Reeder, Yeguang Xue, Daniel Franklin, Yujun Deng, Jungil Choi, Olivia Prado, Robin Kim, Claire Liu, Justin Hanson, John Ciraldo, Amay J. Bandodkar, Siddharth Krishnan, Alexandra Johnson, Emily Patnaude, Raudel Avila, Yonggang Huang, John A. Rogers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13431-8