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Sensors, 2021 A major challenge with current wearable electronics and e-textiles, including sensors, is power supply. As an alternative to batteries, energy can be harvested from various sources using garments or other textile products as a substrate.
Patricia I. Dolez
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Self-contracting, battery-free triboelectric wound healing strip with strong wet adhesion
Nature CommunicationsConventional wound closure techniques, such as suturing and stapling, often cause infection, delayed healing, and tissue damage, particularly in fragile or compromised tissues.
Xiangchun Meng +14 more
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A Nonlinear Impact-Driven Triboelectric Vibration Energy Harvester for Frequency Up-Conversion
Micromachines, 2023 Energy harvesting effectively powers micro-sensors and wireless applications. However, higher frequency oscillations do not overlap with ambient vibrations, and low power can be harvested.
Hadeel Abumarar, Alwathiqbellah Ibrahim
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Polymer Substrates for Flexible Sensors: Advances and Contributions to Smart Agriculture
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review comprehensively summarizes recent advances in polymer‐based flexible sensors for smart agriculture, focusing on polymer substrate design, interface engineering, and applications in soil, plant, animal, aquaculture, and post‐harvest monitoring.
Yihui Li +12 more
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Structure‐Driven Smart Textiles for Self‐Powered Wearable Systems
Small StructuresSmart textiles are increasingly transitioning from passive substrates into structurally engineered, self‐powered systems, driving the next generation of wearable technologies.
Hye‐Ji Ryu, Sol Lee, Sang‐Woo Kim
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Nanoenergy AdvancesThe rise of the Internet of things has catalyzed extensive research in the realm of flexible wearable sensors. In comparison with conventional sensor power supply methods that are reliant on external sources, self-powered sensors offer notable advantages
Yukai Zhou +6 more
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Characterization of Self-Powered Triboelectric Tachometer with Low Friction Force
Micromachines, 2021 Self-powered triboelectric tachometers have wide application prospects in mechanical and electrical industries. However, traditional disc-type tachometers typically require large contact force, which burdens rotary load and increases frictional wear.
Ling Bu +6 more
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An Edible Chitosan‐Based Acoustic Sensor for Sound‐Responsive Actuation in Edible Robots
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This study introduces an edible acoustic sensor for robotic food and edible robotics. Built from a chitosan piezoelectric film between gold electrodes, the sensor enables acoustic communication through ON/OFF keying. Integrated into an edible robot with pneumatically actuated arms and neck, it responds to high‐frequency tones.
Valerio Francesco Annese +8 more
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Advanced ScienceRotational triboelectric nanogenerators (r‐TENGs) are promising candidates for powering Internet of Things devices, owing to their ability to convert continuous mechanical motion into electricity.
Yihong Lin +12 more
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JPhys Energy, 2023 Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) work on the principle of tribo and contact electrification, which is a common phenomenon observed in daily life. TENGs are moving closer to commercialization, particularly for small scale energy harvesting and self ...
Venkateswaran Vivekananthan +5 more
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