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An Energy Supply System for Wireless Sensor Network Nodes

open access: yesInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2012
The power source is a critical obstacle for wireless sensor network nodes. In order to prolong the lifetime of wireless sensor networks, this paper presents an energy supply system that uses a specially designed broadband piezoelectric energy harvesting ...
Guoqiang Zheng, Liwei Zhang, Jishun Li
doaj   +1 more source

High-Performance Wireless Piezoelectric Sensor Network for Distributed Structural Health Monitoring [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper presents the development of a newly designed wireless piezoelectric (PZT) sensor platform for distributed large-scale structure health monitoring, where real-time data acquisition with high sampling rate up to 12.5 Msps (sample per second) and
Yuan, Shenfang   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Piezoelectric strain sensor with high sensitivity and high stretchability based on kirigami design cutting

open access: yesnpj Flexible Electronics, 2022
Wearable technology requires high-performance sensors with properties such as small size, flexibility, and wireless communication. Stretchability, sensitivity, and tunability are crucial sensor properties; stretchability and sensitivity ensure user ...
Young-Gyun Kim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of a Three‐Axis Planar Hall Magnetoresistance Sensor Using a Superparamagnetic Nanoparticle‐Based Flux Guide

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A printed superparamagnetic nanoparticle‐based flux guide enables the realization of a hysteresis‐free three‐axis magnetic sensor. This innovative architecture efficiently redirects out‐of‐plane fields to planar sensing elements, facilitating simultaneous vector detection without complex reset protocols.
Changyeop Jeon   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact Monitoring for Aircraft Smart Composite Skins Based on a Lightweight Sensor Network and Characteristic Digital Sequences

open access: yesSensors, 2018
Due to the growing use of composite materials in aircraft structures, Aircraft Smart Composite Skins (ASCSs) which have the capability of impact monitoring for large-scale composite structures need to be developed.
Lei Qiu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Active control of a clamped beam equipped with piezoelectric actuator and sensor using generalized predictive control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
of a flexible structure is here presented. The studied structure is a clamped-free beam equipped with collocated piezoelectric actuator/sensor. Piezoelectric transducers advantages lie in theirs compactness and reliability, making them commonly used in
Pommier-Budinger, Valérie   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Nanoscale Spatial Tuning of Superconductivity in Cuprate Thin Films via Direct Laser Writing

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Maskless direct laser writing enables local control of oxygen stoichiometry in epitaxial YBCO thin films under ambient conditions. Sub‐micrometer grayscale patterns with tunable optical response and superconducting transport properties are achieved.
Irene Biancardi   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thick-film Piezoceramic Microgenerators [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Piezoelectric materials have many desirable characteristics for use in vibration energy harvesting applications. They can produce relatively high output voltages (from a few to several tens of volts) for modest levels of vibration.
White, N. M., Kok, S. L., Harris, N. R.
core   +1 more source

Coupled piezoelectric-circuit FEA to study influence of a resistive load on power output of piezoelectric energy devices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper presents, for the first time, a coupled piezoelectric-circuit finite element model (CPC-FEM) to analyze the power output of vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting devices (EHDs) when connected to a resistive load.
Zhu, Meiling   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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