A direct comparison of wet, dry and insulating bioelectric recording electrodes.

By A. Searle, L. Kirkup. Physiological Measurement, 2000

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience

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EEG-Based Brain-Controlled Mobile Robots: A Survey (2013, background): “To address these limitations of “wet” electrodes, some researchers have been exploring “dry” electrodes, which do not need to use gel and skin cleaning [68]–[71].”
Novel Dry Polymer Foam Electrodes for Long-Term EEG Measurement (2011, background): “electrodes was affected [10], [20], [29].”
CNT/PDMS Composite Flexible Dry Electrodesfor Long-Term ECG Monitoring (2012, background): “The gel also dries over time, causing a dramatic decrease in the signal quality [8].”
Dry-Contact and Noncontact Biopotential Electrodes: Methodological Review (2010, background): “2 (left), chosen for its relative immunity to interference from other sources and line noise [3].”
Detecting Vital Signs with Wearable Wireless Sensors (2010, background): “Also, when placed on skin, dry electrodes have a higher impedance than gel-type ones [34,35].”
The Berlin Brain–Computer Interface: Non-Medical Uses of BCI Technology (2010, methodology): “…in ease of use as well as broad and robust applicability: short preparation: Section 2.1; minimal user training: Section 2.2; minimal calibration of the system: Section 2.3; applicability for a broad range of users: Section 2.4; practicing short latency BCI operation: Section 2.5; BCI…”
Soft, curved electrode systems capable of integration on the auricle as a persistent brain–computer interface (2015, background): “Electrodes typically consist of rigid metal disks mechanically secured to the head with a mesh cap and chin strap, where electrolyte gels (5) enable efficient electrical coupling by reducing the impedance at the skin interface.”
Flexible Sensors—From Materials to Applications (2019, background): “Ambulatorial facilitations in applying electrodes include the study of electrodes which do not require wet surfaces [537], the investigation of flexible sensor arrays that can be strapped on a limb with ease [340],”