DOI: 10.1039/d6ma00677a ISSN: 2633-5409

Al 2 O 3 -reinforced PEGDA hydrogel microneedles designed for minimally invasive interstitial fluid glucose sampling

Stefania Dello Iacono, Mario Battisti, Eugenio Amendola, Aniello Cammarano, Brunella Corrado, Luca De Stefano, Maria Mangini, Anna Chiara De Luca, Francesco Fabbrocino, Fiorenzo Moscatelli, Pierpaolo Limone

PEGDA hydrogel microneedles reinforced with Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles achieve improved stiffness while preserving swelling, enabling reliable skin penetration and glucose sampling for minimally invasive interstitial fluid monitoring.