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Improving Output Power of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters using Multilayer Structures [PDF]

, 2011
This paper studies the feasibility of increasing the output power of vibration piezoelectric energy harvesters using multilayer structures. In this study, single-layer, double-layer and triple-layer devices with the same resonant frequency were compared.
Beeby, Steve, Zhu, Dibin, Harris, Nick, White, Neil, Tudor, John   +4 more
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Coupled piezoelectric fans with two degree of freedom motion for the application of flapping wing micro aerial vehicles [PDF]

, 2008
Piezoelectric fans consisting of a piezoelectric layer and an elastic metal layer were prepared by epoxy bonding and a coupled flexible wing was formed by a pair of carbon fibre reinforced plastic wing spars and polymer skin attached to two ...
Lal Kummari, K., Guo, Shijun J., Chung, H. C., Lawson, Nicholas J., Huang, Zhaorong, Croucher, S. J.   +5 more
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Wearable Smart Patches on Sustainable Chitosan With Reversible Microbial Growth‐Inhibitory Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chitosan, a polysaccharide upcycled from biowaste, has long promised sustainable, biocompatible, and antimicrobial films and devices, an appeal reinforced by its recent regulatory recognition, with several chitosan‐based antibacterial dressings gaining clearance through the Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) pathway.
Jacopo Nicoletti, Kubra Kocak, Andrea Michel, Enrico Cavarzerani, Ali Raza, Petr Rohzin, Nouha Loudhaief, Saimir Frroku, Nicolò Baldovin, Hazrat Bilal, Alvise Perosa, Maurizio Selva, Flavio Rizzolio, Luca Sbuelz, Sabrina Tamburini, Domenico De Fazio, Giovanni Antonio Salvatore   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on Lamb Waves in a Composite Phononic Crystal Plate

Crystals, 2020
In the paper, a phononic crystal plate composed of a magnetorheological elastomer with adjustable band gaps in the low frequency range is constructed. The dispersion relations of Lamb waves are studied by the supercell plane wave expansion method.
Lili Yuan, Peng Zhao, Yong Ding, Benjie Ding, Jianke Du, Tingfeng Ma, Ji Wang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bandgap narrowing and polarization enhancement in (K,Na,Li)(Nb,Sb,Ta)O3+x% Fe2O3 lead-free ceramics for photovoltaic applications

Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2023
The need for ferroelectric materials with both narrow bandgaps (Eg) and large remanent polarization (Pr) remains a key challenge to the development of high-efficiency ferroelectric photovoltaic (FPV) devices.
Jian Chen, Jiaxing Mao, Zihui Wang, Yanhui Dong, Jinming Guo, Mingkai Li, Yi Zhang, Yinmei Lu, Yunbin He   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of temperature on the impedance of piezoelectric actuators used for SHM [PDF]

, 2014
— FEM modeling of piezoelectric patches used as actuators and sensors for SHM applications. — Test/analysis correlation of temperature effects in piezoelectric materials and glue — Numerical methods associated with the prediction of electric transfers ...
BALMES, Etienne, GUSKOV, Mikhail, MECHBAL, Nazih, RÉBILLAT, Marc   +3 more
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Robust Electrocaloric Performance Enabled by Highly‐Polar Frustrated Nanodomains in NaNbO3‐Based Ferrodistortive Relaxor

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
P4bm framework in NaNbO3‐Ba(Ti, Hf)O3 ferrodistortive relaxor entails short‐range and highly‐polar ferrodistortive orders. The abundant highly‐polar orders facilitate to increase entropy change, and robust octahedral oxygen tilt enables to impede thermal perturbations.
Feng Li, Changshun Dai, He Qi, Jiecheng Liu, Xiaoming Shi, Heng Zhou, Qiong Yang, Mingsheng Long, Lei Shan, Chunchang Wang, Jianli Wang, Zhenxiang Cheng   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Natural frequency of beams with embedded piezoelectric sensors and actuators

, 2007
A mathematical model is developed to study the natural frequency of beams with embedded piezoelectric sensors and actuators. The piezoelectric sensors/actuators in a non-piezoelectric matrix (host beam) are analyzed as two inhomogeneity problems by using
Della, Christian N., Shu, Dongwei
core   +1 more source

Rational Design and in-situ Synthesis of Ultra-Thin β-Ni(OH)2 Nanoplates for High Performance All-Solid-State Flexible Supercapacitors

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020
The all-solid-state flexible supercapacitor (AFSC), one of the most flourishing energy storage devices for portable and wearable electronics, attracts substantial attentions due to their high flexibility, compact size, improved safety, and environmental ...
Shensong Wang, Changqin Tan, Linfeng Fei, Haitao Huang, Shujun Zhang, Hao Huang, Xinyi Zhang, Qiu-an Huang, Yongming Hu, Haoshuang Gu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-performance Ga2O3/FTO-based self-driven solar-blind UV photodetector with thickness-optimized graphene top electrode

Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023
Self-driven solar-blind ultraviolet photodetectors (SBUVPDs) have attracted considerable interest for their superior sensitivity and operation flexibility.
Yingxiang Li, Zebin Zhou, Hang Pan, Jian Chen, Yuchao Wang, Qiulin Qu, Dongjiu Zhang, Mingkai Li, Yinmei Lu, Yunbin He   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source