Over the last decade, flexible analytical devices have received considerable attention in both academia and industry. Compared with conventional analytical devices that are made from rigid materials, such as silicon, glass, and plastics, flexible devices offer several unique advantages, such as simplified fabrication, lower costs, enhanced disposability, and compliance to curved or deforming surfaces. For these reasons, flexible analytical devices are well suited for many diagnostic applications, including wearable and in vivo sensing, and point-of-care testing for disease detection and health monitoring. This special issue showcases a comprehensive review and exciting original research on topics including wearable sensors for human motion monitoring and disease diagnosis, flexible electrochemical sensor arrays for human cell culture monitoring, paper-based sensors and immunoassays for diagnostic testing, a paper-based biological solar cell for power generation and storage, and a 3D printing strategy for rapid prototyping of flexible microfluidic devices.

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现场护理测试的灵活分析设备。

在过去的十年中，柔性分析设备在学术界和工业界都受到了相当大的关注。与由刚性材料（例如硅，玻璃和塑料）制成的常规分析设备相比，柔性设备具有几个独特的优势，例如简化的制造，较低的成本，增强的可处置性以及对弯曲或变形表面的顺应性。由于这些原因，灵活的分析设备非常适合许多诊断应用，包括可穿戴和体内传感以及用于疾病检测和健康监测的即时检验。本期专刊对主题进行了全面的回顾和令人兴奋的原创研究，这些主题包括用于人体运动监测和疾病诊断的可穿戴传感器，用于人体细胞培养监测的柔性电化学传感器阵列，