Flexible sensor for wearable health monitoring systems - FlexSys

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Project Title: Flexible sensor for wearable health monitoring systems
Acronym: FlexSys
Program Type: NCDI IV - Program 5.7 - Partnership for Innovation (integral), Subprogram 5.7.1 Partnerships for competitiveness. Experimental Demonstration Project
Contract no. 28PED/2025 (PN-IV-P7-7.1-PED-2024-2521)
Project duration: 03/01/2025 - 31/12/2026
Buget: 811.000 Lei (750.000 lei de la bugetul de stat si 61.000 lei co-finantare)
Contracting Authority: Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding – UEFISCDI (www.uefiscdi.gov.ro)
Coodinator: Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Microtehnologii – IMT Bucureşti (www.imt.ro)
Project manager: Dr. Iuliana Mihalache (iuliana.mihalache@imt.ro)
Partner: NCI GENOMICS S.R.L.


Project summary:


The project proposes the development of hybrid nanoassemblies based on core-shell silicon nanowires intended for solution-processed devices that can operate with green and red spectral sensitivity. Multiple technologies are proposed from the synthesis of surface engineered metal nanoparticles with control-by-design functionalities to the obtaining of graphene quantum dots and core-shell Si heterostructures that enable the printing of solution on flexible support and further integration with an electronic circuit board. The printable and flexible hybrid optical sensors are designed to operate in the visible domain with cost and performance competitive over current employed technologies toward the implementation of optical wearable technologies for health monitorization.


Project Objective:


Objective 1: Development and design of the synthesis of core-shell heterostructures with improved photoelectric properties
Objective 2: Development of new and efficient methods for the fabrication of flexible sensors
Objective 3: Sensors testing methods and development of strategies for optimizing operating parameters


Team


IMT Bucuresti - Coordonator
Dr. Iuliana Mihalache, CSI, director de proiect
Dr. Mihaela Kusko, CSI
Dr. Adina Boldeiu, CSI
Dr. Monica Veca, CSI
Dr. Razvan Pscu, CSIII
Dr. Irina Bratosin, CS
Dr. Cosmin Romanitan, CSII
Dr. Pericle Varasteanu, CSIII
Dr.  Monica Simion, CSI
Dr. Melania Popescu, CSII

NCI Genomics SRL - Partener IMM


Estimated Results:


2 papers published in ISI-indexed journals, including Open Access (OA)
2 papers presented at national or international conferences

1 innovative concept for the SiNWs sensors

Dissemination:


  1. “Metallic nanoparticles for efficient nanohybrid SERS platforms”, A. Boldeiu, Invited Paper, 5th edition of "Unite Scientific Chemistry Conference (USCC-2025)", July 24-25 2025, Vienna, Austria.

  2. “Circuit Model Discovery Algorithm for Supercapacitors”, I. Bratosin, JuliaCon2025, July 22-26, 2025, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.  

  3. “Wide temperature range analysis of ITO/4H-SiC Schottky diodes with applications in UV photodetection”, R. Pascu, G. Pristavu, G. Brezeanu, I. Mihalache, ICSCRM, 14-19 September 2025, BEXCO, Busan, Korea

Contact


IMT Bucharest
126A, Erou Iancu Nicolae Street, 077190, Voluntari, Ilfov, ROMANIA
Tel: +40-21-269.07.70; +40-21-269.07.74; +40-21-269.07.78; +40-21-269.07.79