Wound Healing Sensors
October 5, 2021 | Terry Sharrer
“Engineers and scientists from Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have developed a smart wound dressing featuring built-in nanosensors that let patients know if a wound is not healing. . . . To create the wound dressings, the RMIT University team synthesized fluorescent magnesium hydroxide nanosheets and embedded them onto nanofibers. When introduced to UV light, the nanosheets will glow brightly in response to alkaline environments — which signal the presence of infection — and will dim under acidic conditions — which signal healthy skin.” MORE
Image Credit: RMIT