The spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus has changed the lives of
people around the world with a huge impact on economies and societies. The development …

Aluminum nitride (AlN) has gained wide interest owing to its high values of elastic modulus,
band gap, dielectric strength, resistivity, thermal conductivity and acoustic velocities …

Due to swift innovations in mechanical energy harvesting (MEH) during recent years, the
findings of MEH research are prolific. The objective of the recent study is to visualise the …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting enables the development of sustainable, batteryless
medical devices, powered by micro-watts level energy transduction and low-frequency body …

With the aim of increasing the efficiency of maintenance and fuel usage in airplanes,
structural health monitoring (SHM) of critical composite structures is increasingly expected …

The emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) architectures and applications has been the driver
for a rapid growth in wireless technologies for the Machine-to-Machine domain. In this …

Although blockchain offers a lot of benefits for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) network in terms of
security, there are a number of barriers to its widespread adoption. Since many IoT networks …

In this paper, a single-stage rectifier-less boost converter circuit (SSRBC) for piezoelectric
energy harvesting from ambient vibration was proposed. The proposed rectifier-less circuit …

This paper describes the detailed modelling of a vibration-based miniature piezoelectric
device (PD) and the analysis modes of operation and control of a voltage doubler boost …

In recent years, piezoelectric materials have been widely investigated for harvesting energy
from ambient vibrations. A vibrating piezoelectric device (PD) generates alternating current …