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- to Tactile or Pain sense

Liquid Metal Sensors on Prosthetics

Description

Tactile liquid metal sensors (LMS) attached to the fingertips of a prosthetic arm shows potential of restoring touch to amputees.

Bibliography

Galoustian, G. (2021, July 14). Liquid Metal Sensors and AI Could Help Prosthetic Hands to “Feel.” FAU News Desk. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/prosthetic-hand-touch.php

Ren Y, Sun X, Liu J. Advances in Liquid Metal-Enabled Flexible and Wearable Sensors. Micromachines (Basel). 2020 Feb 15;11(2):200. doi: 10.3390/mi11020200. PMID: 32075215; PMCID: PMC7074621.

Zhang M, Wang X, Huang Z, Rao W. Liquid Metal Based Flexible and Implantable Biosensors. Biosensors (Basel). 2020 Nov 10;10(11):170. doi: 10.3390/bios10110170. PMID: 33182535; PMCID: PMC7696291.