What do we do? Development of fiber- and textile-based wearables for diagnostics and feedback-controlled therapies (theranostics) in skin-related and deep tissue applications.

Why do we do this?  We target prevention, diagnosis and treatment for acute and chronic health conditions.

How do we do this? Our approaches include: 1) Integration of active and responsive moieties into fibers, membranes, and textiles; 2) control of the nanoscale arrangement of the moieties and their interaction with the matrix for steering the sensing performance and release kinetics in selected environments; 3) development of wearables for superficial and deep-tissue sensing providing medical-grade and reliable signals.

Left: A photonic textile based sensor for monitoring biophysical signals; Middle: schema of a light-responsive system to allow temporal and spatial control of cargo transport; Right: wearables fluorimetric sensors for the biochemical monitoring of protein and metabolite biomarkers.

• TexSens: textile-based sensors for monitoring of physiological signals
• Wound Booster: Advanced dressing for chronic wound management
• TeSK: Wearable Luminescent Solar Concentrators
• NCCR Bio-inspired Materials: Transiently pulsating materials inspired by the heart