Medical Xpress September 17, 2025
QUT researchers have created a prototype electronic device using a material made from seafood waste, paving the way for safe, flexible and sustainable wearable health sensors.
A team from the QUT Center for Materials Science has demonstrated that chitosan, a naturally derived, biodegradable biopolymer recovered from seafood waste such as red claw shrimp, rock lobster and squid, can be used with a high-performance conducting polymer film to create a new class of wearable electronic transistors.
The medical-grade polymer samples were supplied by Sunshine Coast-based industry partner Biomedical Chitosan.
The research, published in Small Structures, is a step toward the development of wearable biocompatible biosensors which could be able to monitor health in real-time without compromising comfort, safety or the environment.
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