Research Update: Materials design of implantable nanogenerators for biomechanical energy harvesting
APL Materials, 2017 Implantable nanogenerators are rapidly advanced recently as a promising concept for harvesting biomechanical energy in vivo. This review article presents an overview of the most current progress of implantable piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) and ...
Jun Li, Xudong Wang
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Energy Harvesting Based on a Novel Piezoelectric 0.7PbZn0.3Ti0.7O3-0.3Na2TiO3 Nanogenerator
Energies, 2017 Recently, piezoelectric materials have achieved remarkable attention for charging wireless sensor nodes. Among piezoelectric materials, non-ferroelectric materials are more cost effective because they can be prepared without a polarization process.
Zainab Radeef +3 more
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Cooperativity in the enhanced piezoelectric response of polymer nanowires
, 2014 We provide a detailed insight into piezoelectric energy generation from arrays of polymer nanofibers. For sake of comparison, we firstly measure individual poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFe)) fibers at well-defined levels of ...
Dagdeviren, Canan +4 more
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Measurements of generated energy/electrical quantities from locomotion activities using piezoelectric wearable sensors for body motion energy harvesting [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper, two different piezoelectric transducers—a ceramic piezoelectric, lead zirconate titanate (PZT), and a polymeric piezoelectric, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)—were compared in terms of energy that could be harvested during locomotion ...
Bibbo, Daniele +5 more
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Joint energy harvesting and communication analysis for perpetual wireless nanosensor networks in the terahertz band [PDF]
, 2012 —Wireless nanosensor networks (WNSNs) consist of nanosized communicating devices, which can detect and measure new types of events at the nanoscale. WNSNs are the enabling technology for unique applications such as intrabody drug delivery systems or ...
Ian F. Akyildiz +2 more
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Recycling of human teeth for piezoelectric energy harvesting
GiantIn the human body, non-centrosymmetric biological structures exhibit piezoelectric effect across from microscopic biomolecular building blocks to macroscopic tissues and organs.
Yuanyuan Yin +7 more
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Enhanced piezoelectric nanogenerator performance with AZO/NiO heterojunction
Materials Science for Energy Technologies, 2023 ZnO nanorods (NRs) are piezoelectric materials used as nanogenerators because of their ease of synthesis, nontoxicity, low production costs, good electrical properties, and suitable flexibility for human movement as a source of mechanical energy. ZnO NRs
Nandang Mufti +5 more
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Surface Effects on the Piezoelectricity of ZnO Nanowires
, 2012 We utilize classical molecular dynamics to study surface effects on the piezoelectric properties of ZnO nanowires as calculated under uniaxial loading.
Dai, Shuangxing, Park, Harold S.
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Multi‐Scale Interface Engineering of MXenes for Multifunctional Sensory Systems
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.MXenes, as two‐dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides, demonstrate remarkable capabilities for multifunctional sensing applications. This review systematically examines multi‐scale interface engineering approaches that enhance sensing performance, enable diverse detection functionalities, and improve system‐level compatibility in MXene ...
Jiaying Liao, Sin‐Yi Pang, Jianhua Hao
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Actuators, 2020 As the internet of things (IoT) era approaches, various sensors, and wireless electronic devices such as smartphones, smart watches, and earphones are emerging.
Cheoljae Lee, Hyosik Park, Ju-Hyuck Lee
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