A review of human exposure to microplastics and insights into microplastics as obesogens

K Kannan, K Vimalkumar - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ubiquitous exposure of humans to microplastics (MPs) through inhalation of particles in
air and ingestion in dust, water, and diet is well established. Humans are estimated to ingest …

Multistability phenomenon in signal processing, energy harvesting, composite structures, and metamaterials: A review

S Fang, S Zhou, D Yurchenko, T Yang… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multistability is the phenomenon of multiple coexistent stable states, which are highly
sensitive to perturbations, initial conditions, system parameters, etc. Multistability has been …

Smart textiles for electricity generation

G Chen, Y Li, M Bick, J Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Textiles have been concomitant of human civilization for thousands of years. With the
advances in chemistry and materials, integrating textiles with energy harvesters will provide …

Hybrid energy harvesting technology: From materials, structural design, system integration to applications

H Liu, H Fu, L Sun, C Lee, EM Yeatman - Renewable and sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
The last decade has witnessed significant advances in energy harvesting technology for the
realization of self-charging electronics and self-powered wireless sensor nodes (WSNs). To …

Power generation for wearable systems

M Gao, P Wang, L Jiang, B Wang, Y Yao… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Wearable devices are drawing increasing attention in both academia and industry in that
they can offer unprecedented information related to human health in real-time and human …

Progress in TENG technology—A journey from energy harvesting to nanoenergy and nanosystem

J Zhu, M Zhu, Q Shi, F Wen, L Liu, B Dong, A Haroun… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology is a promising research field for energy
harvesting and nanoenergy and nanosystem (NENS) in the aspect of mechanical, electrical …

A comprehensive review on vibration energy harvesting: Modelling and realization

C Wei, X **g - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a state-of-the-art review on a hot topic in the literature, ie, vibration
based energy harvesting techniques, including theory, modelling methods and the …

Ultra-low frequency vibration energy harvesting: Mechanisms, enhancement techniques, and scaling laws

R Sun, S Zhou, L Cheng - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing demand for clean and sustainable energy, self-powered technologies
based on environmental vibrations have attracted a lot of attention recently. Natural vibration …

[HTML][HTML] A review on vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting from the aspect of compliant mechanisms

H Liang, G Hao, OZ Olszewski - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2021 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) promote the construction of a smarter world through
powering electric devices with energy scavenged from environmental vibrations by means of …

A review on design improvements and techniques for mechanical energy harvesting using piezoelectric and electromagnetic schemes

B Maamer, A Boughamoura, AMRF El-Bab… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting has gained a growing attention and has seen great advancements during
the last decades. Among energy sources, mechanical energy is one of the most investigated …