(Feb.25. 2015) Researchers from UPM have developed a manufacturing method of aluminum optical nanosensors on versatile substrates that can be used for wearable devices and smart labels.
A new method developed at the Institute of Optoelectronics
Systems and Microtechnology (ISOM) from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
(UPM) will enable the fabrication of optical nanosensors capable of sticking on
uneven surfaces and biological surfaces like human skin. This result can boost
the use of wearable devices to monitor parameters such as temperature, breath
and heart pressure. Besides, it is a low
cost technology since they use materials like standard polycarbonate compact
disks, aluminum films and adhesive tapes that would facilitate its
implementation on the market.