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Papers

(The median citation count of npj Flexible Electronics is 12. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Advances in healthcare wearable devices	256
Deep learning-enabled triboelectric smart socks for IoT-based gait analysis and VR applications	222
Advances in flexible organic field-effect transistors and their applications for flexible electronics	210
Recent developments of advanced micro-supercapacitors: design, fabrication and applications	154
Thread-based multiplexed sensor patch for real-time sweat monitoring	92
Fully printed origami thermoelectric generators for energy-harvesting	79
On-skin ultrathin and stretchable multifunctional sensor for smart healthcare wearables	75
Large-area flexible organic solar cells	73
A flexible ECG patch compatible with NFC RF communication	65
A stretchable and adhesive ionic conductor based on polyacrylic acid and deep eutectic solvents	58
Recent advanced applications of ion-gel in ionic-gated transistor	58
A large-area AgNW-modified textile with high-performance electromagnetic interference shielding	58
High yield manufacturing of fully screen-printed organic electrochemical transistors	55
Spray-coated paper supercapacitors	54
Piezoelectric strain sensor with high sensitivity and high stretchability based on kirigami design cutting	49
Stretchable transparent electrodes for conformable wearable organic photovoltaic devices	49
Microstructured capacitive sensor with broad detection range and long-term stability for human activity detection	47
Flexible thermoelectric generator with liquid metal interconnects and low thermal conductivity silicone filler	47
A soft and stretchable electronics using laser-induced graphene on polyimide/PDMS composite substrate	47
Direct roll transfer printed silicon nanoribbon arrays based high-performance flexible electronics	46
Flexible microfluidic nanoplasmonic sensors for refreshable and portable recognition of sweat biochemical fingerprint	45
Fluoropolymer-based organic memristor with multifunctionality for flexible neural network system	43
Multi-directionally wrinkle-able textile OLEDs for clothing-type displays	43
Electrospun bundled carbon nanofibers for skin-inspired tactile sensing, proprioception and gesture tracking applications	41
Facile fabrication of paper-based flexible thermoelectric generator	41

Fully solution processed liquid metal features as highly conductive and ultrastretchable conductors	41
A temperature responsive adhesive hydrogel for fabrication of flexible electronic sensors	41
Wearable sensors for telehealth based on emerging materials and nanoarchitectonics	41
Highly thermally conductive carbon nanotubes pillared exfoliated graphite/polyimide composites	41
Green flexible electronics based on starch	40
Seeking advanced thermal management for stretchable electronics	40
All-weather, natural silent speech recognition via machine-learning-assisted tattoo-like electronics	40
Curved digital X-ray detectors	40
Identifying human body states by using a flexible integrated sensor	39
Flexible Miniaturized Sensor Technologies for Long-Term Physiological Monitoring	39
Rupture stress of liquid metal nanoparticles and their applications in stretchable conductors and dielectrics	39
Laser-induced graphitization of a forest-based ink for use in flexible and printed electronics	37
Transparent flexible thin-film p–n junction thermoelectric module	36
A review of sampling, energy supply and intelligent monitoring for long-term sweat sensors	35
Hydrogel-based flexible materials for diabetes diagnosis, treatment, and management	34
Super modules-based active QR codes for smart trackability and IoT: a responsive-banknotes case study	34
Bamboo-inspired cell-scale assembly for energy device applications	33
Single and bundled carbon nanofibers as ultralightweight and flexible piezoresistive sensors	32
Wearable EEG electronics for a Brain–AI Closed-Loop System to enhance autonomous machine decision-making	32
High responsivity and flexible deep-UV phototransistor based on Ta-doped β-Ga2O3	31
Miura-ori enabled stretchable circuit boards	30
Foldable and washable textile-based OLEDs with a multi-functional near-room-temperature encapsulation layer for smart e-textiles	30
Elastic organic crystals with ultralong phosphorescence for flexible anti-counterfeiting	30
An integrated and robust plant pulse monitoring system based on biomimetic wearable sensor	29
Highly efficient fiber-shaped organic solar cells toward wearable flexible electronics	29
A bio-inspired and self-powered triboelectric tactile sensor for underwater vehicle perception	29
An ultralight, flexible, and biocompatible all-fiber motion sensor for artificial intelligence wearable electronics	29
Wearable battery-free theranostic dental patch for wireless intraoral sensing and drug delivery	28
Multifunctional biomimetic tactile system via a stick-slip sensing strategy for human–machine interactions	28
Reliability of R2R-printed, flexible electrodes for e-clothing applications	27
Flexible and tandem quantum-dot light-emitting diodes with individually addressable red/green/blue emission	27
Transparent neural implantable devices: a comprehensive review of challenges and progress	25
Vertical graphene on flexible substrate, overcoming limits of crack-based resistive strain sensors	25
Deep learning-enabled real-time personal handwriting electronic skin with dynamic thermoregulating ability	25
Aerosol jet printed capacitive strain gauge for soft structural materials	25
Suspension printing of liquid metal in yield-stress fluid for resilient 3D constructs with electromagnetic functions	25
High sensitivity and broad linearity range pressure sensor based on hierarchical in-situ filling porous structure	25
Nanowire-assisted freestanding liquid metal thin-film patterns for highly stretchable electrodes on 3D surfaces	24
Ultra-high temperature tolerant flexible transparent electrode with embedded silver nanowires bundle micromesh for electrical heater	24
Multiscale and hierarchical wrinkle enhanced graphene/Ecoflex sensors integrated with human-machine interfaces and cloud-platform	24
Garment embedded sweat-activated batteries in wearable electronics for continuous sweat monitoring	24
Flexible biodegradable transparent heaters based on fractal-like leaf skeletons	24
Cooperative control of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy via crystal structure and orientation in freestanding SrRuO3 membranes	23
Flexible and transparent piezoelectric loudspeaker	23
Antioxidant high-conductivity copper paste for low-cost flexible printed electronics	23
Deciphering the superior thermoelectric property of post-treatment-free PEDOT:PSS/IL hybrid by X-ray and neutron scattering characterization	23
Toward improved trade-off between thermoelectric and mechanical performances in polycarbonate/single-walled carbon nanotube composite films	22
Bioinspired organic optoelectronic synaptic transistors based on cellulose nanopaper and natural chlorophyll-a for neuromorphic systems	22
3D printed leech-inspired origami dry electrodes for electrophysiology sensing robots	22
Fibrillary gelation and dedoping of PEDOT:PSS fibers for interdigitated organic electrochemical transistors and circuits	22

Stretchable array electromyography sensor with graph neural network for static and dynamic gestures recognition system	22
Scalable and low-cost fabrication of flexible WS2 photodetectors on polycarbonate	22
Wireless, multimodal sensors for continuous measurement of pressure, temperature, and hydration of patients in wheelchair	21
Leaf-meridian bio-inspired nanofibrous electronics with uniform distributed microgrid and 3D multi-level structure for wearable applications	20
Ultrastretchable and wearable conductive multifilament enabled by buckled polypyrrole structure in parallel	20
Weave-pattern-dependent fabric piezoelectric pressure sensors based on polyvinylidene fluoride nanofibers electrospun with 50 nozzles	20
Solution processed low power organic field-effect transistor bio-chemical sensor of high transconductance efficiency	20
Toward scalable fabrication of electrochemical paper sensor without surface functionalization	19
Low temperature chemical sintering of inkjet-printed Zn nanoparticles for highly conductive flexible electronic components	19
Integration of body-mounted ultrasoft organic solar cell on cyborg insects with intact mobility	19
Short-wave infrared organic phototransistors with strong infrared-absorbing polytriarylamine by electron-transfer doping	19
A fully inkjet-printed disposable gas sensor matrix with molecularly imprinted gas-selective materials	18
An artificial neuromorphic somatosensory system with spatio-temporal tactile perception and feedback functions	18
Mechanical-robust and recyclable polyimide substrates coordinated with cyclic Ti-oxo cluster for flexible organic solar cells	18
Molecular ferroelectric/semiconductor interfacial memristors for artificial synapses	18
Ultrahigh-transparency and pressure-sensitive iontronic device for tactile intelligence	18
Fully paper-integrated hydrophobic and air permeable piezoresistive sensors for high-humidity and underwater wearable motion monitoring	17
Strenuous exercise-tolerance stretchable dry electrodes for continuous multi-channel electrophysiological monitoring	17
Telemedicine platform for health assessment remotely by an integrated nanoarchitectonics FePS3/rGO and Ti3C2-based wearable device	17
Flexible Hall sensor made of laser-scribed graphene	17
Flexible organic integrated electronics for self-powered multiplexed ocular monitoring	17
Highly pixelated, untethered tactile interfaces for an ultra-flexible on-skin telehaptic system	17
Printing accuracy tracking with 2D optical microscopy and super-resolution metamaterial-assisted 1D terahertz spectroscopy	17
Fully 3D-printed organic electrochemical transistors	17
Recent progress in solution-processed flexible organic photovoltaics	16
Water stable and matrix addressable OLED fiber textiles for wearable displays with large emission area	16
Moldable and transferrable conductive nanocomposites for epidermal electronics	16
Soft, stretchable thermal protective substrates for wearable electronics	16
UV-laser-machined stretchable multi-modal sensor network for soft robot interaction	15
Large-scale programmable assembly of functional micro-components for advanced electronics via light-regulated adhesion and polymer growth	15
Soft wearable flexible bioelectronics integrated with an ankle-foot exoskeleton for estimation of metabolic costs and physical effort	15
Flexible kesterite thin-film solar cells under stress	15
Skin-integrated stretchable actuators toward skin-compatible haptic feedback and closed-loop human-machine interactions	15
Nondestructive identification of softness via bioinspired multisensory electronic skins integrated on a robotic hand	15
Ultrasensitive electrolyte-assisted temperature sensor	15
Biodegradable germanium electronics for integrated biosensing of physiological signals	14
All inkjet-printed perovskite-based bolometers	14
Biocompatible and breathable healthcare electronics with sensing performances and photothermal antibacterial effect for motion-detecting	14
Multi-parameter e-skin based on biomimetic mechanoreceptors and stress field sensing	14
Tunable seesaw-like 3D capacitive sensor for force and acceleration sensing	13
Adhesive and cohesive force matters in deformable batteries	13
Flexible computational photodetectors for self-powered activity sensing	13
Bending reliability of screen-printed vias for a flexible energy module	13
Balancing efficiency and transparency in organic transparent photovoltaics	13
Porous perovskite films integrated with Au–Pt nanowire-based electrodes for highly flexible large-area photodetectors	12
Monolithically printed all-organic flexible photosensor active matrix	12
Stability improvement mechanism due to less charge accumulation in ternary polymer solar cells	12
Solution process formation of high performance, stable nanostructured transparent metal electrodes via displacement-diffusion-etch process	12
Foldable three dimensional neural electrode arrays for simultaneous brain interfacing of cortical surface and intracortical multilayers	12
A ternary heterogeneous hydrogel with strength elements for resilient, self-healing, and recyclable epidermal electronics	12
Highly sensitive active-powering pressure sensor enabled by integration of double-rough surface hydrogel and flexible batteries	12
Spider-inspired tunable mechanosensor for biomedical applications	12
A new route to fabricate flexible, breathable composites with advanced thermal management capability for wearable electronics	12
Self-cross-linked arrays enabled flexible mechanical sensors for monitoring the body tremor	12