Flexible and wearable acoustic wave technology has recently attracted tremendous attention due to their wide-range applications in wearable electronics, sensing, acoustofluidics, and lab-on-a-chip, attributed to its advantages such as low power consumption, small size, easy fabrication, and passive/wireless capabilities. Great effort has recently been made in technology development, fabrication, and characterization of rationally designed structures for next-generation acoustic wave based flexible electronics. Herein, advances in fundamental principles, design, fabrication, and applications of flexible and wearable acoustic wave devices are reviewed. Challenges in material selections (including both flexible substrate and piezoelectric film) and structural designs for high-performance flexible and wearable acoustic wave devices are discussed. Recent advances in fabrication strategies, wave mode theory, working mechanisms, bending behavior, and performance/evaluation are reviewed. Key applications in wearable and flexible sensors and acoustofluidics, as well as lab-on-a-chip systems, are discussed. Finally, major challenges and future perspectives in this field are highlighted.
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June 2023
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May 23 2023
Flexible and wearable acoustic wave technologies
Special Collection:
Flexible and Smart Electronics
Jian Zhou
;
Jian Zhou
(Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University
, Changsha 410082, China
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Yihao Guo
;
Yihao Guo
(Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University
, Changsha 410082, China
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Yong Wang
;
Yong Wang
(Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
2
The State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University
, Hangzhou 310027, China
3
Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University
, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom
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Zhangbin Ji
;
Zhangbin Ji
(Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University
, Changsha 410082, China
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Qian Zhang
;
Qian Zhang
(Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
2
The State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University
, Hangzhou 310027, China
3
Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University
, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom
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Fenglin Zhuo
;
Fenglin Zhuo
(Visualization, Writing – original draft)
1
College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University
, Changsha 410082, China
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Jingting Luo
;
Jingting Luo
(Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft)
4
Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, College of Physics and Energy, Shenzhen University
, 518060 Shenzhen, China
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Ran Tao
;
Ran Tao
(Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
3
Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University
, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom
4
Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, College of Physics and Energy, Shenzhen University
, 518060 Shenzhen, China
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Jin Xie
;
Jin Xie
(Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
2
The State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University
, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Julien Reboud
;
Julien Reboud
(Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
5
Division of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow
, Glasgow G12 8LT, United Kingdom
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Glen McHale
;
Glen McHale
(Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
6
Institute of Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh
, Kings Building, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, United Kingdom
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Shurong Dong
;
Shurong Dong
(Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
7
College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University
, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Jikui Luo
;
Jikui Luo
(Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
7
College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University
, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Huigao Duan
;
Huigao Duan
a)
(Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University
, Changsha 410082, China
8
Greater Bay Area Institute for Innovation, Hunan University
, Guangzhou 511300, China
a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: duanhg@hnu.edu.cn and richard.fu@northumbria.ac.uk
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Yongqing Fu
Yongqing Fu
a)
(Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
2
The State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University
, Hangzhou 310027, China
3
Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University
, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom
a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: duanhg@hnu.edu.cn and richard.fu@northumbria.ac.uk
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a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: duanhg@hnu.edu.cn and richard.fu@northumbria.ac.uk
Note: This paper is part of the special collection on Flexible and Smart Electronics.
Appl. Phys. Rev. 10, 021311 (2023)
Article history
Received:
January 13 2023
Accepted:
April 04 2023
Citation
Jian Zhou, Yihao Guo, Yong Wang, Zhangbin Ji, Qian Zhang, Fenglin Zhuo, Jingting Luo, Ran Tao, Jin Xie, Julien Reboud, Glen McHale, Shurong Dong, Jikui Luo, Huigao Duan, Yongqing Fu; Flexible and wearable acoustic wave technologies. Appl. Phys. Rev. 1 June 2023; 10 (2): 021311. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0142470
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