Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are the guided waves that propagate along the top surface
of a material with wave vectors orthogonal to the normal direction to the surface. Based on …

Condition monitoring can reduce machine breakdown losses, increase productivity and
operation safety, and therefore deliver significant benefits to many industries. The …

Pressures generated by external forces or by internal body processes represent parameters
of critical importance in diagnosing physiological health and in anticipating injuries …

The development of a method for integrating highly efficient energy conversion materials
onto soft, biocompatible substrates could yield breakthroughs in implantable or wearable …

The development of ultra‐compliant power sources is crucial for their seamless integration
with next‐generation skin‐like wearable and implantable biomedical systems for long‐term …

In recent years, industrial and academic research units have focused on harvesting energy
from mechanical vibrations using piezoelectric transducers. These efforts have provided …

After Uchino's introduction of a new terminology,'Micromechatronics' in 1979 for describing
the application area of 'piezoelectric actuators', the rapid advances in semiconductor chip …

Submerged systems are found in many engineering, biological, and medicinal applications.
For such systems, due to the particular environmental conditions and working medium, the …

The Energy harvesting (EH) technologies are receiving significant interest due to realization
of 'zero-power'wireless sensors and Internet-of-Things (IoT). Power consumption of current …

The human body is a challenging platform for energy harvesting. For thermoelectrics, the
small temperature differences between the skin and air necessitate materials with low …