A new open access paper by S. Taccola et al. about skin-contact Temporary Tattoo Electrodes (TTEs). The study is part of a collaboration of our former group at CMBR IIT – Italian Institute of Technology, Pontedera (Italy) with the company MEDEL Gmbh, Innsbruck (Austria). The study investigates skin-contact tattoo electrodes in various bio-electric signals recording applications, such as bioimpedance for respiration monitoring. Novel methods for realizing  a repositionable, long-term stable and robust interconnection of TTEs with external “docking” devices are presented. A further step forward toward the real use of our tattoo interfaces in health monitoring!

Publication  in Sensors MDPI:

Toward the Use of Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Impedancemetric Respiration Monitoring and Other Electrophysiological Recordings on Skin

Silvia Taccola, Aliria Poliziani,  Daniele Santonocito, Alessio Mondini, Christian Denk, Alessandro Noriaki Ide, Markus Oberparleiter, Francesco Greco, Virgilio Mattoli

Sensors, 21(4), 1197 (2021).

DOI: 10.3390/s21041197
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/4/1197

A new paper by Jonathan Barsotti et al. about Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) on temporary tattoo. The study is a collaboration with groups of Dr. Virgilio Mattoli (CMBR IIT, Italy) and Prof. Franco Cacialli (UCL, London, UK). Ultrathin tattooable OLEDS are presented which can be transferred onto various target surfaces maintaining their functionality.

Publication  in Advanced Electronic Materials:

Ultrathin, Ultra‐Conformable, and Free‐Standing Tattooable Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes

Jonathan Barsotti, Alexandros G. Rapidis, Ikue Hirata, Francesco Greco, Franco Cacialli, Virgilio Mattoli

Advanced Electronic Materials, 2001145 (2021).

DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202001145
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aelm.202001145

UPDATE:
The publication on the tattooable OLED got mentioned in the BBC article “Could electric tattoos be the next step in body art?”.

A new paper by Laura Ferrari et al. about temporary tattoo electrodes for on-skin electrophysiological recordings, in collaboration with group of Prof. Esma Ismailova (BEL EMSE, France). Electroencephalographic (EEG) signals are recorded in a clinical environment.

Publication (Open Access) in npj Flexible Electronics:
Conducting polymer tattoo electrodes in clinical electro- and magneto-encephalography

Laura M. Ferrari, Usein Ismailov, Jean-Michel Badier, Francesco Greco & Esma Ismailova

npj Flex Electron 4, 4 (2020).

DOI: 10.1038/s41528-020-0067-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41528-020-0067-z

Link to WKO Forschungstipend 2018/19