Flexible Wireless Temperature Sensors Based on Ni Microparticle‐Filled Binary Polymer Composites

Flexible and disposable sensors have great potential toward applications such as medical diagnostics, food safety and environmental monitoring. [ 1 , 2 ] Radio frequency identifi cation (RFID) tags were originally developed for identifi cation and tracking purposes. When RFID tags are combined with fl exible organic sensors, they could function as wireless sensors while possessing the merits of organic electronics, such as mechanical fl exibility, light weight and low cost. Remote temperature sensors would offer the possibility of monitoring temperature of human body, perishable food and medicine by simply attaching a fl exible tag. Several types of temperature sensors have been fabricated on fl exible substrates, such as thermocouples, [ 3 ] resistive temperature detectors (RTDs), [ 4 ]

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