Real-time colorimetric hydration sensor for sport activities

• Main Authors: Zhou, Yubin, Han, Htet, Naw, Hnin Pwint Phyuson, Lammy, Alice Venecia, Goh, Chee Hong, Boujday, Souhir, Steele, Terry W. J.
• 其他作者: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2017
• 主題: Gold nanoparticles; Colorimetric detection
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80667; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42182
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Dehydration and over-hydration are a serious health concern in endurance sport activities, especially in tropical climates. Current methods for detection are inconvenient and not widely applied. Point-of-care hydration monitoring during a sport event is an ideal preventative therapy, as it allows pe...