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Photonics-powered augmented reality skin electronics for proactive healthcare: multifaceted opportunities

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Rapid technological advancements have created opportunities for new solutions in various industries, including healthcare. One exciting new direction in this field of innovation is the combination of skin-based technologies and augmented reality (AR). These dermatological devices allow for the continuous and non-invasive measurement of vital signs and biomarkers, enabling the real-time diagnosis of anomalies, which have applications in telemedicine, oncology, dermatology, and early diagnostics. Despite its many potential benefits, there is a substantial information vacuum regarding using flexible photonics in conjunction with augmented reality for medical purposes. This review explores the current state of dermal augmented reality and flexible optics in skin-conforming sensing platforms by examining the obstacles faced thus far, including technical hurdles, demanding clinical validation standards, and problems with user acceptance. Our main areas of interest are skills, chiroptical properties, and health platform applications, such as optogenetic pixels, spectroscopic imagers, and optical biosensors. My skin-enhanced spherical dichroism and powerful spherically polarized light enable thorough physical inspection with these augmented reality devices: diabetic tracking, skin cancer diagnosis, and cardiovascular illness: preventative medicine, namely blood pressure screening. We demonstrate how to accomplish early prevention using case studies and emergency detection. Finally, it addresses real-world obstacles that hinder fully realizing these materials’ extraordinary potential in advancing proactive and preventative personalized medicine, including technical constraints, clinical validation gaps, and barriers to widespread adoption.

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The authors would like to extend gratitude towards Photonics Technology Research Group, Lab, Pusat Kejuruteraan Elektronik Dan Komunikasi Terkehadapan (PAKET), Faculty of Engineering and Build Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at Northern Border University, Arar, KSA for funding this research work through the project number  NBU-FFR-2024-1299-05, as well as the University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.

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  2. Center of Advanced Materials/Directorate of Materials Research/Ministry of Science and Technology, Baghdad, Iraq

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    Adawiya J. Haider

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    Vishal Chaudhary

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Taha, B.A., Addie, A.J., Kadhim, A.C. et al. Photonics-powered augmented reality skin electronics for proactive healthcare: multifaceted opportunities. Microchim Acta 191, 250 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-024-06314-3

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