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The fabricated temperature-detection thread achieved a sensitivity of 167.1 \u03a9\/\u00b0C with 99.8% linearity in the temperature range of \u221250 \u00b0C to 80 \u00b0C. We anticipate that temperature sensors that apply our technology will be made as stitch- or textile-type for wearable devices, and they will be widely adopted for different applications such as in fitness, leisure, healthcare, medical treatment, infotainment, industry, and military applications, among others.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s18092996","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,9,7]],"date-time":"2018-09-07T11:47:41Z","timestamp":1536320861000},"page":"2996","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":45,"title":["PEDOT:PSS-Based Temperature-Detection Thread for Wearable Devices"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Jin-Woo","family":"Lee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Display and Nanosystem Lab., College of Engineering, Korea University, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dong-Cheul","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Smart Device Research Center, Gumi Electronics and Information Technology Research Institute, Gumi, Gyeongbuk 39171, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Han-Jae","family":"Shin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Smart Device Research Center, Gumi Electronics and Information Technology Research Institute, Gumi, Gyeongbuk 39171, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Se-Hyeok","family":"Yeom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Smart Device Research Center, Gumi Electronics and Information Technology Research Institute, Gumi, Gyeongbuk 39171, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Byeong-Kwon","family":"Ju","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Display and Nanosystem Lab., College of Engineering, Korea University, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4442-3008","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wanghoon","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Smart Device Research Center, Gumi Electronics and Information Technology Research Institute, Gumi, Gyeongbuk 39171, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,9,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lymberis, A., and Paradiso, R. 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