Supporting information for

A Smart Diaper Based on Integrated Multiplex Carbon Nanotube Coated

Electrode Array Sensors for In Situ Urine Monitoring
Xiangling Li1,2+, Changyuan Zhan1+, Qiqi Huang1+, Mengyi He1, Cheng Yang1, Chengduan

Yang1, Xinshuo Huang1, Meiwan Chen3, Xi Xie1,* and Hui-Jiuan Chen1,*

1. State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of
Electronics and Information Technology; Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of
Display Material and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University; The First Affiliated
Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University; Guangzhou, China
2. School of Biomedical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
3. Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macau SAR
+These authors contributed equally to this work.
*To whom correspondence may be addressed. Corresponding to: Xi Xie,
xiexi27@mail.sysu.edu.cn; Hui-Jiuan Chen, chenhuix5@mail.sysu.deu.cn

Figure S1. a) Design sketch and b) the photograph of a flattened FPCB. The red dashed
boxes indicate the locations of the integrated circuit components.
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Figure S2. Design diagram of metal masks of the sensing electrodes.

Figure S3. Fabrication process of MECS electrodes. (1) Cleaning of PET substrate by
O2 plasma etching. (2) Magnetron sputtering patterning of Au electrode arrays (all
patterns are defined with specific metal masks). (3) Magnetron sputter patterning of Pt.
(4) PEDOT:PSS electrodes by drop casting of CNT dispersion slurry onto Au
electrodes. (5) Modification of potassium ion selective membrane on the electrode. (6)
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Modification of sodium ion selective membrane on the electrode. (7) Modified
Ag/AgCl slurry in the reference electrode region. (8) Drop casting of PVB mixture onto
the shared Ag/AgCl reference electrode. (9) light-curing resin is applied to the non-
electrode wiring area to complete the encapsulation process.

Figure S4. The MECS interface digital photograph. The FPCB interface to the sensor
electrode array is tightly coupled and the electrode can be flexibly disassembled.

Figure S5. The TEM of (a) CNT/Au and (b) Pt/CNT/Au

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Figure S6. Reproducibility of the potassium ion sensors. Open-circuit potential
response of the potassium ion sensor in different concentrations of KCl, and the
logarithm of the concentration as a function of voltage (four replicate samples of each
sensor).

Figure S7. Reproducibility of the sodium ion sensors. Open-circuit potential response
of the sodium ion sensor in different concentrations of NaCl, and the logarithm of the
concentration as a function of voltage (four replicate samples of each sensor).

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Figure S8. Time stability of the (a) sodium, (b) potassium, (c) H2O2, (d) Glucose, (e)

UA sensors (error bars indicate the standard deviation of the measured data for the 6

days), and (f) The stability retention rate of the sensor electrode at day 6 (3

reproductions of each type of sensor).

Figure S9. The reproducibility of (a) uric acid, (b) H2O2 and (c) glucose sensors (4
reproductions of each type of sensor).

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Figure S10. Schematic diagram of the STM32F103RCT6 microcontroller with
minimum system circuits. An external crystal oscillator circuit with an LED indicator,
ST-Link circuit, reset circuit, and 3.3 V power supply circuit with filter.

Figure S11. Schematic diagram of the (a) potassium, (b) sodium ion signal conditioning
circuits.

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Figure S12. Schematic diagram of the (a) Glucose, (b) H2O2, and (b) uric acid signal
conditioning circuits.

(a) (b)

Figure S13. (a) The MSA interface schematic diagram, and (b) The digital-to-analog
conversion (DAC) converter circuit.

Figure S14. Schematic diagram of (a) USB to serial port circuit based on CH340E and
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(b) Bluetooth circuit based on RF-BM-4044B4 module.
(a) (b)
(c)

5V to - 5V

(d) (e)

3.7V to 5V 5V to 3.3V

Figure S15. Illustration and photograph of the power supply module. (a) Photograph
of a 3.7 V (1000 mAh) polymer lithium battery used in the current work. (b) The power
supply schematic diagram and circuit schematic of the FIMPSB system (c) 5V to -5V.
(d) 3.7V to 5V and (e) 5V to 3.3V.

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