Explore Soft Science's Top 10 Hot Articles from the First Half of 2024

We are pleased to present the Top 10 Highlighted Articles from Soft Science in the first half of 2024, showcasing the most impactful research in the field. These articles cover innovative advances across wearable sensors, flexible thin films, and electronic textiles, with contributions spanning 5 Research Articles, 2 Reviews, 2 Perspectives, and a Commentary. We invite you to freely explore and download these articles, hoping they will inspire and support your research endeavors.

Research Articles

1. A skin-wearable and self-powered laminated pressure sensor based on triboelectric nanogenerator for monitoring human motion

Agha Aamir Jan, Seungbeom Kim, Seok Kim*

2. A dual-mode wearable sensor with coupled ion and pressure sensing

Biao Ma, Ke Huang, Gangsheng Chen, Yingnan Tian, Nan Jiang, Chao Zhao, Hong Liu*

3. Printing surface cuprous oxides featured liquid metal for non-enzymatic electrochemical glucose sensor

Yiyao Luo, Gengcheng Liao, Zixuan Guo, Zongyu Huang, Long Ren*, Xiang Qi*

4. A facile in-situ reaction method for preparing flexible Sb2Te3 thermoelectric thin films

Dongwei Ao, Bo Wu, Jabar Bushra, Bing Sun*, Dong Yang, Yiming Zhong, Zhuanghao Zheng

5. Tuning Ag⁺ and Mn²⁺ doping in ZnS:Ag,Mn embedded polymers for flexible white light emitting films

Lun Ma, Eric Amador, George S. Belev, Chhabindra Gautam, Weidong Zhou, J. Ping Liu, Ramaswami Sammynaiken*, Wei Chen*

Review Articles

1. Recent advances of sweat sampling, sensing, energy-harvesting and data-display toward flexible sweat electronics

Guangyao Zhao, Zhiyuan Li, Xingcan Huang, Qiang Zhang, Yiming Liu, Xinge Yu*

2. A review: flexible devices for nerve stimulation

Ze-Qing Liu, Xiang-Yang Yu, Jing Huang, Xin-Yi Wu, Zi-Yu Wang*, Ben-Peng Zhu*

Perspectives

1. Flourishing electronic textiles towards pervasive, personalized and intelligent healthcare

Feifan Sheng, Cheng Zhao, Bo Zhang, Yingxue Tan, Kai Dong*

2. Emerging epidermal electrodes towards digital health and on-skin digitalization

Yan Wang*

Commentary

1. The sweat rate as a digital biomarker in clinical medicine beyond sports science

Noé Brasier*, Carmela Niederberger, Giovanni Antonio Salvatore

Through these studies, we see the convergence of engineering, materials science, and practical applications driving the next generation of smart and responsive systems. We extend our gratitude to the authors, reviewers, and readers whose dedication and engagement continue to propel Soft Science as a leading voice in the field. We eagerly anticipate further groundbreaking contributions that will inspire and shape the next wave of research in this dynamic arena.

Editor: Ivy Wang
Language Editor: Emma Chen
Production Editor: Yan Zhang
Respectfully Submitted by the Editorial Office of Soft Science