Course

Unit 1

Introduction 

Introduction to flexible electronics, materials (organic, inorganic, polymers, composites, flexible substrates), processes, electrodes & electronics design, functionality, packaging and device characterizations

Unit 2

Flexible electronics & engineering applications

Introduction to flexible systems, displays, consumer electronics, batteries & solar cells, automotive circuits, electronic skin, defence, space, smart fabrics, actuators & sensors.

Unit 3

Wearables for healthcare

Introduction to wearable systems, Diagnostics, Monitoring Patients, Multi parameter monitoring, Neural recording, Sports Medicine, wearable devices: Inertia sensors, Respiration sensor, motion sensors, pressure sensors, strain gauges, electrochemical biosensors, CMOS –Based Biosensors, E-Textiles, Bio compatibility.

Unit 4

IoT for wearable electronics

Introduction: Definition and Characteristics of IoT, design, protocols, communication. Technologies: Wireless Sensor Networks, Embedded Systems, Smart watches, glasses, clothing and fitness trackers.

Pre-requisites: Basic math, physics and chemistry

Total number of classes: 45

Course Outcomes

• Knowledge on fundamentals of flexible & wearable electronics.
• Understand the design and fabrication challenges for engineering applications
• Understand basic principles, design, fabrication and working of wearable electronics
• Foundation on smart sensors, fabrics, watches…etc (IoT applications).

1. Flexible Electronics: Materials and Applications, Editors: Alberto Salleo, William S. Wong Springer © 2009.
2. Raj Kamal, “Internet of Things – Architecture and Design Principles”, Mc Graw H ill Education Pvt.Ltd., 2017.
3. Annalisa Bonfiglio, Danilo De Rossi, “Wearable Monitoring Systems”, Springer, 2011.
4. Flexible Electronics: Status, Challenges and Opportunities, D. Corzo, G. T. Blázquez, D. Baran, Front.Electron., 1 (2020) 594003, https://doi.org/10.3389/felec.2020.594003
5. A Review of Manufacturing Methods for Flexible Devices and Energy Storage Devices, Y. Han, Y. Cui, X. Liu and Y. Wang, Biosensors 13 (2023) 896, https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13090896.