[HTML][HTML] A review of acoustic impedance matching techniques for piezoelectric sensors and transducers

VT Rathod - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The coupling of waves between the piezoelectric generators, detectors, and propagating
media is challenging due to mismatch in the acoustic properties. The mismatch leads to the …

A review of piezoelectric polymers as functional materials for electromechanical transducers

KS Ramadan, D Sameoto, S Evoy - Smart Materials and …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Polymer based MEMS and microfluidic devices have the advantages of mechanical
flexibility, lower fabrication cost and faster processing over silicon based ones. Also, many …

High-performance flexible lead-free nanocomposite piezoelectric nanogenerator for biomechanical energy harvesting and storage

S Siddiqui, DI Kim, MT Nguyen, S Muhammad… - Nano Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Environmentally friendly and flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) have attracted
considerable interest for use in autonomous micro-/nano-systems, wearable electronics, and …

Fundamental formulations and recent achievements in piezoelectric nano-structures: a review

XQ Fang, JX Liu, V Gupta - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Piezoelectric nano-structures have been regarded as the next-generation piezoelectric
material due to their inherent nano-sized piezoelectricity. This review summarizes the recent …

[HTML][HTML] A novel ZnO piezoelectric microcantilever energy scavenger: Fabrication and characterization

D Bhatia, H Sharma, RS Meena, VR Palkar - Sensing and bio-sensing …, 2016 - Elsevier
This novel piezoelectric zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film microcantilever was fabricated by
micromachining technique. To release the cantilever, wet anisotropic etching of Silicon (Si) …

Shoes-equipped piezoelectric transducer for energy harvesting: A brief review

Y **n, X Li, H Tian, C Guo, C Qian, S Wang… - Ferroelectrics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews shoes-equipped energy harvesting technology based on piezoelectric
materials. Since the life of battery that powers portable and wireless electronics is limited …

Multicomponent nanostructured materials and interfaces for efficient piezoelectricity

AR Chowdhury, J Jaksik, I Hussain… - Nano-Structures & Nano …, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of piezoelectric materials has been an important topic within the ever-
growing field of energy harvesting technologies. With recent advances, nanostructured …

Photopatternable nano-composite (SU-8/ZnO) thin films for piezo-electric applications

M Kandpal, C Sharan, P Poddar, K Prashanthi… - Applied Physics …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
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Nanostructured ZnO materials: Synthesis, properties and applications

V Cauda, R Gazia, S Porro, S Stassi… - Handbook of …, 2014 - Springer
Over the last decade ZnO nanostructures were intensively and extensively studied by many
research groups all over the world not only for their remarkable chemical and physical …

An optimization of rectangular shape piezoelectric energy harvesting cantilever beam for micro devices

R Mohamed, MR Sarker… - International Journal of …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
The vibration based piezoelectric energy harvester system is considered as an alternative
solution for micro-devices, especially for remote area. This paper presents an optimization …