Development and application of microfluidic sweat detection technology in mental health monitoring
Abstract Mental health significantly affects individuals' thoughts and behaviors, making its monitoring crucial in high‐stakes environments like truck driving and space missions. Traditional wearable sensors often focus on physiological indicators such as heart rate, but microfluidic wearable sensors offer a promising alternative by enabling precise, quantitative analysis of sweat biomarkers. This review explores recent advancements in microfluidic wearable sensors for mental health monitoring, highlighting their ability to analyze biomarkers such as stress hormones, dopamine, and catecholamines. We discuss the development, application methods, and challenges of these sensors, as well as their future prospects in mental health monitoring.
Authors
- Danni Zhao
- Shuyue Jiang
- Shilun Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2560-2417)
- Weiwei Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8611-4858)
- Shengtai Bian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8198-2234)
- Kaihuan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7353-4180)
- Jianlong Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6374-5868)
- Ran Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2174-2137)
Institutions
- Hebei Medical University (CN)
- Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology (CN)
- Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (CN)
- Beijing Sport University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Research (University of Surrey)
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/viw.20240088
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.36
Funders
- National Key Research and Development Program of China