Chwee Teck Lim,
NUS Society Chair Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), Mechanobiology Institute,
National University of Singapore
Professor Chwee Teck LIM is the NUSS Chair Professor and Director of the Institute for Health Innovation and Technology at the National University of Singapore. He has coauthored over 500 journal publications and cofounded six startups with one public listed in 2018. Prof Lim is an elected Fellow of nine academies and organizations including the Royal Society UK, US National Academy of Inventors, IUPESM, AIMBE, IAMBE, Singapore National Academy of Science and Academy of Engineering Singapore. He has garnered numerous research awards including Nature Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentoring in Science, Highly Cited Researcher, Asia’s Most Influential Scientist Award, Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Award (Gold) and the President's Technology Award.
Wearable Microfluidic and Microtubular Sensors For Biomedical Applications
The future of healthcare wearables lies in continual sensing in an unobtrusive manner. Tactile sensing is especially important to capture mechanotransduced signals arising from the body, or as a result of interactions with the external environment. However, conventional sensors are rigid, stiff and obstrusive. Therefore, one of the key objectives is to confer flexibility and stretchability to our sensing elements, while maintaining its sensitivity and robustness. Here, we develop a novel liquid-based microfluidic and microtubular sensors that possess high flexibility, durability, and sensitivity. The sensors comprise a soft elastomer-based microfluidic template encapsulating a conductive liquid which serves as the active sensing element of the device. This sensor is capable of distinguishing and quantifying the various user-applied mechanical forces it is subjected to. We demonstrated biomedical applications of our sensors in rehabilitation monitoring, artificial sensing and disease tracking such as that for diabetic patients. Overall, our work highlights the potential of the liquid-based microfluidic sensing platform in a wide range of biomedical applications and further facilitates the exploration and realization of functional liquid-state device technology.
Wearable Microfluidic and Microtubular Sensors For Biomedical Applications
The future of healthcare wearables lies in continual sensing in an
unobtrusive manner. Tactile sensing is especially important to capture
mechanotransduced signals arising from the body, or as a result of
interactions with the external environment. However, conventional
sensors are rigid, stiff and obstrusive. Therefore, one of the key
objectives is to confer flexibility and stretchability to our sensing
elements, while maintaining its sensitivity and robustness. Here, we
develop a novel liquid-based microfluidic and microtubular sensors that
possess high flexibility, durability, and sensitivity. The sensors
comprise a soft elastomer-based microfluidic template encapsulating a
conductive liquid which serves as the active sensing element of the
device. This sensor is capable of distinguishing and quantifying the
various user-applied mechanical forces it is subjected to. We
demonstrated biomedical applications of our sensors in rehabilitation
monitoring, artificial sensing and disease tracking such as that for
diabetic patients. Overall, our work highlights the potential of the
liquid-based microfluidic sensing platform in a wide range of biomedical
applications and further facilitates the exploration and realization of
functional liquid-state device technology.
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