Soft wearable devices for deep-tissue sensing

M Lin, H Hu, S Zhou, S Xu - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Wearable devices with skin-like mechanical properties enable continuous monitoring of the
human body. However, wearable device design has mainly focused on recording superficial …

Piezoelectric thin films for sensors, actuators, and energy harvesting

P Muralt, RG Polcawich, S Trolier-McKinstry - MRS bulletin, 2009 - cambridge.org
Piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) offer the opportunity for high-
sensitivity sensors and large displacement, low-voltage actuators. In particular, recent …

Comparison of MEMS PZT Cantilevers Based on and Modes for Vibration Energy Harvesting

SB Kim, H Park, SH Kim, HC Wikle… - Journal of …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
d 31 and d 33 mode microelectromechanical systems piezoelectric energy harvesters
(PEHs) were fabricated and compared to investigate their output powers converted from …

Perovskite oxide ferroelectric thin films

M Tian, L Xu, Y Yang - Advanced Electronic Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Perovskite oxide thin film materials are used in various fields of human life due to their
excellent physical properties. The high performance thin films in turn provide more …

Harvesting energy from human activity: ferroelectric energy harvesters for portable, implantable, and biomedical electronics

G Zhang, M Li, H Li, Q Wang, S Jiang - Energy Technology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Energy harvesters based on ferroelectric materials, which are capable of converting
mechanical and thermal energies into electric power, have drawn unprecedented attention …

VOCs sensors based on bulk acoustic resonators: a comprehensive review

AK Johar, GK Sharma, JK Bhatt, A Kumar… - Microsystem …, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, the hazardous effects of various volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on human
health and its detection methods have been discussed. This paper also presents the …

Intrinsically switchable, high-Q ferroelectric-on-silicon composite film bulk acoustic resonators

SA Sis, S Lee, V Lee, AK Bayraktaroglu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a voltage-controlled, high-quality factor (Q) composite thin-film bulk
acoustic resonator (FBAR) at 1.28 GHz. The composite FBAR consists of a thin layer of …

Triaxial MEMS accelerometer with screen printed PZT thick film

CC Hindrichsen, NS Almind, SH Brodersen… - Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Piezoelectric thick films have increasing interest due to the potential high sensitivity and
actuation force for MEMS sensors and actuators. The screen printing technique is a …

Improvement of composite sol–gel process for manufacturing 40 μm piezoelectric thick films

A Bardaine, P Boy, P Belleville, O Acher… - Journal of the European …, 2008 - Elsevier
In this study, high performance piezoelectric thick films were prepared by depositing only a
few sol–gel infiltrated composite layers on Si/SiO2/Ti/Pt wafers. Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) …

Dielectric and piezoelectric properties of PZT composite thick films with variable solution to powder ratios

D Wu, Q Zhou, KK Shung… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The use of PZT films in sliver‐mode high‐frequency ultrasonic transducers applications
requires thick, dense, and crack‐free films with excellent piezoelectric and dielectric …