Smart fiber with overprinted patterns to function as chip-like multi-threshold logic switch circuit

Abstract There is a growing demand for precise health management, capable of differentially caring every inch of skin as an on-body network. For which, each network node executes not only multi-physiological sensing, but also in-situ logic computing to save cloud computing power for massive data ana...

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Main Authors: Xiaofei Wei, Rui Li, Siwei Xiang, Long Qin, Xinxin Luo, Jie Xue, Xing Fan
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62648-3
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description Abstract There is a growing demand for precise health management, capable of differentially caring every inch of skin as an on-body network. For which, each network node executes not only multi-physiological sensing, but also in-situ logic computing to save cloud computing power for massive data analysis. Herein, we present a smart fiber with multilayers of overprinted patterns, composed of many small units with 0.3 mm long to function as a one-dimension (1D) array of chip-like multi-threshold logic-switch circuit. Via soft contact of curved surfaces between fiber and ink-droplet, an overprinting method is developed for stacking different layers of patterns with a line width of 75 μm in a staggered way, enabling batch production of circuit units along one long fiber. A smart fiber with high density of >3000 circuit units per meter can be woven with fiber-type sensors to construct a textile-type body-covering network, where each node serves as a computing terminal.
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spelling doaj-art-ff879fcd375b4376bb72840b0726fe932025-08-20T03:46:17ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-08-0116111010.1038/s41467-025-62648-3Smart fiber with overprinted patterns to function as chip-like multi-threshold logic switch circuitXiaofei Wei0Rui Li1Siwei Xiang2Long Qin3Xinxin Luo4Jie Xue5Xing Fan6College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing UniversityCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing UniversityChongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of SciencesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing UniversityIndustrial Technology Research Institute of Chongqing UniversityChongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of SciencesCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing UniversityAbstract There is a growing demand for precise health management, capable of differentially caring every inch of skin as an on-body network. For which, each network node executes not only multi-physiological sensing, but also in-situ logic computing to save cloud computing power for massive data analysis. Herein, we present a smart fiber with multilayers of overprinted patterns, composed of many small units with 0.3 mm long to function as a one-dimension (1D) array of chip-like multi-threshold logic-switch circuit. Via soft contact of curved surfaces between fiber and ink-droplet, an overprinting method is developed for stacking different layers of patterns with a line width of 75 μm in a staggered way, enabling batch production of circuit units along one long fiber. A smart fiber with high density of >3000 circuit units per meter can be woven with fiber-type sensors to construct a textile-type body-covering network, where each node serves as a computing terminal.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62648-3
spellingShingle Xiaofei Wei
Rui Li
Siwei Xiang
Long Qin
Xinxin Luo
Jie Xue
Xing Fan
Smart fiber with overprinted patterns to function as chip-like multi-threshold logic switch circuit
Nature Communications
title Smart fiber with overprinted patterns to function as chip-like multi-threshold logic switch circuit
title_full Smart fiber with overprinted patterns to function as chip-like multi-threshold logic switch circuit
title_fullStr Smart fiber with overprinted patterns to function as chip-like multi-threshold logic switch circuit
title_full_unstemmed Smart fiber with overprinted patterns to function as chip-like multi-threshold logic switch circuit
title_short Smart fiber with overprinted patterns to function as chip-like multi-threshold logic switch circuit
title_sort smart fiber with overprinted patterns to function as chip like multi threshold logic switch circuit
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62648-3
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