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Journal of Semiconductors
Vol. 46, Issue 4, 042401 (2025)

Pressure sensor with wide detection range and high sensitivity for wearable human health monitoring

Lingchen Liu^1,2, Ying Yuan^1,3, Hao Xu^1,*, Xiaokun Qin^1,2..., Xiaofeng Wang^1,4, Zheng Lou^1,2,** and Lili Wang^1,2,***|Show fewer author(s)

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics and Chip Technologies, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, College of Material Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China

⁴Sino-Russian International Joint Laboratory for Clean Energy and Energy Conversion Technology, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China

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Lingchen Liu, Ying Yuan, Hao Xu, Xiaokun Qin, Xiaofeng Wang, Zheng Lou, Lili Wang. Pressure sensor with wide detection range and high sensitivity for wearable human health monitoring[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2025, 46(4): 042401 Copy Citation Text

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Lingchen Liu, Ying Yuan, Hao Xu, Xiaokun Qin, Xiaofeng Wang, Zheng Lou, Lili Wang. Pressure sensor with wide detection range and high sensitivity for wearable human health monitoring[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2025, 46(4): 042401

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