Wireless Wearable MOF-Based NH <sub>3</sub> Gas Sensor Patch with a Zeolite Overlayer for Suppressing NO <sub>2</sub> Interference

Recent advances in flexible metal-organic framework (MOF) films have injected momentum into the development of wearable gas sensors. However, current MOF-based wearable sensors suffer from mutual interference and often compromise in power consumption and wearing comfort, limiting their suitability for skin-interfaced applications. Here, we report a wireless, battery-free, wearable gas sensor patch based on a flexible inductance-capacitance (LC) resonator. This sensor features a bilayer flexible film composed of a 2D bimetallic Cu/Co-HHTP conjugate MOF (<i>c</i>-MOF) sensing layer and a Pd/SSZ-13 zeolite overlayer. Specifically, the zeolite overlayer functions as an NO<sub>2</sub>-adsorbing interface that captures incoming NO<sub>2</sub> molecules, thereby preventing them from reacting with the underlying 2D <i>c</i>-MOF sensing layer. Accordingly, the wireless sensor achieves linear and interference-resistant detection of low concentrated NH<sub>3</sub> even in the presence of NO<sub>2</sub>, while maintaining excellent mechanical flexibility, cyclic stability, and negligible baseline drift, exhibiting less than 6.2% response attenuation after repeated bending at 120°. The performance of the device is further validated through a skin-adherent, wireless, passive sensing system capable of continuous NH<sub>3</sub> monitoring in complex environments. The proposed wireless wearable MOF-based sensor patch is highly transformative, offering benefits for various wearable applications. Device performance under high-humidity conditions is still constrained, indicating that further optimization is necessary.

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ACS Sensors
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2026-03-16
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.5c04648
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Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
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Recent advances in flexible metal-organic framework (MOF) films have injected momentum into the development of wearable gas sensors. However, current MOF-based wearable sensors suffer from mutual interference and often compromise in power consumption and wearing comfort, limiting their suitability for skin-interfaced applications. Here, we report a wireless, battery-free, wearable gas sensor patch based on a flexible inductance-capacitance (LC) resonator. This sensor features a bilayer flexible film composed of a 2D bimetallic Cu/Co-HHTP conjugate MOF (<i>c</i>-MOF) sensing layer and a Pd/SSZ-13 zeolite overlayer. Specifically, the zeolite overlayer functions as an NO<sub>2</sub>-adsorbing interface that captures incoming NO<sub>2</sub> molecules, thereby preventing them from reacting with the underlying 2D <i>c</i>-MOF sensing layer. Accordingly, the wireless sensor achieves linear and interference-resistant detection of low concentrated NH<sub>3</sub> even in the presence of NO<sub>2</sub>, while maintaining excellent mechanical flexibility, cyclic stability, and negligible baseline drift, exhibiting less than 6.2% response attenuation after repeated bending at 120°. The performance of the device is further validated through a skin-adherent, wireless, passive sensing system capable of continuous NH<sub>3</sub> monitoring in complex environments. The proposed wireless wearable MOF-based sensor patch is highly transformative, offering benefits for various wearable applications. Device performance under high-humidity conditions is still constrained, indicating that further optimization is necessary.

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Changchun University of Science and Technology (CN), Jilin University (CN), Chengdu University of Technology (CN), State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics (CN)
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