Abstract
In the current era of busy and eventful daily routines, the need for self-driven, robust, and low maintenance healthcare systems emerges significantly more than in earlier times. The nanogenerator (NG) technology provides a new pathway by utilizing nanostructured and eco-friendly materials toward biomedical systems by harvesting biomechanical energy. Triboelectric NGs (TENGs) have been well-developed to cater all these matters, giving self-powered, sustainable, environment-friendly, and low footprint devices. TENG comes up with great potential, therefore, we have summarized various dimensions of its applications in healthcare management, including prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment. We have reviewed different aspects of TENG healthcare systems that provide wearable, minimally invasive, and simple solutions while harvesting human motion as the power source. Here, recent advancements of triboelectric devices are compiled while discussing their significance, structure, capabilities, performance, and future potential. Meanwhile, the impact of TENG on protecting and treating various internal and external human organs, such as the heart, neural tissues, skin, and hair, has been described in detail. Moreover, TENG-based solutions have also included minimizing the effects of contemporary and lingering challenges such as air pollution and viral infectious diseases on human health. In the very end, we have concluded with the opportunities and possible solutions for anticipated challenges.
Highlights
Since the beginning of humanity, taking good care of one’s health has been an ever-evolving requirement for a comfortable lifestyle
Because of a thin-film structure, the implantable triboelectric active sensor (iTEAS) becomes an ideal device for implantation into the body with minimally invasive surgery with up to 99% accurate heart rate monitoring
Advancements of Triboelectric NGs (TENGs) prevention, monitoring, and treatment are systematically summarized for healthcare and biomedical applications
Summary
Since the beginning of humanity, taking good care of one’s health has been an ever-evolving requirement for a comfortable lifestyle. TENGs are revolutionary devices having a number of remarkable qualities, such as low-cost, low-frequency operation, environmentfriendly, easy to fabricate, lightweight, long-life, flexible, stretchable, washable, self-powered, self-healing, biocompatible and biodegradable, multiple operation modes, and easy integration.. TENGs are revolutionary devices having a number of remarkable qualities, such as low-cost, low-frequency operation, environmentfriendly, easy to fabricate, lightweight, long-life, flexible, stretchable, washable, self-powered, self-healing, biocompatible and biodegradable, multiple operation modes, and easy integration.20–33 All these brilliant properties of TENG make it an incredible technology to be utilized in healthcare management taking full advantage of its potential. One of the few methods adopted to resolve this issue is electrode mapping for muscle stimulation, in which the electrode’s strategic design helps augment the effect of low current output In another instance, smart device design using interdigital electrodes generating high electrical fields have been successfully used for the differentiation of osteoblasts.. We have concluded the overall discussion finding a way forward for TENG in healthcare management
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