Materials as machines
Abstract Machines are systems that harness input power to extend or advance function.
Fundamentally, machines are based on the integration of materials with mechanisms to …
Fundamentally, machines are based on the integration of materials with mechanisms to …
Self-powered environmental monitoring via a triboelectric nanogenerator
With air pollution increasing around 75% in the past 30 years, 80% of the globe's wasted
water flowing into Earth's oceans and rivers untreated, and more than 22 million hectares of …
water flowing into Earth's oceans and rivers untreated, and more than 22 million hectares of …
Nanoparticle-enhanced β-phase formation in electroactive PVDF composites: a review of systems for applications in energy harvesting, EMI shielding, and membrane …
With the continuous advancement of electronic devices, lightweight, flexible, and easily
processable materials have gained substantial techno-commercial importance. Most …
processable materials have gained substantial techno-commercial importance. Most …
High‐performance poly (vinylidene difluoride)/dopamine core/shell piezoelectric nanofiber and its application for biomedical sensors
Fabrication of soft piezoelectric nanomaterials is essential for the development of wearable
and implantable biomedical devices. However, a big challenge in this soft functional …
and implantable biomedical devices. However, a big challenge in this soft functional …
Flexible Piezoelectric Pressure Tactile Sensor Based on Electrospun BaTiO3/Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Nanocomposite Membrane
Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)-based piezoelectric materials are promising candidates for
sensors, transducers, and actuators, due to several distinctive characteristics such as good …
sensors, transducers, and actuators, due to several distinctive characteristics such as good …
A review on piezo-and pyroelectric responses of flexible nano-and micropatterned polymer surfaces for biomedical sensing and energy harvesting applications
This review summarises the most recent advances in the application of anodic aluminium
oxide (AAO) membranes as templates to prepare poly (vinylidenefluoride)-(PVDF) or poly …
oxide (AAO) membranes as templates to prepare poly (vinylidenefluoride)-(PVDF) or poly …
An overview of lead-free piezoelectric materials and devices
Piezoelectric materials and devices have drawn extensive attention for energy harvesting
due to their excellent electromechanical conversion properties. With increasing concerns …
due to their excellent electromechanical conversion properties. With increasing concerns …
Multiscale-structuring of polyvinylidene fluoride for energy harvesting: the impact of molecular-, micro-and macro-structure
Energy harvesting exploits ambient sources of energy such as mechanical loads, vibrations,
human motion, waste heat, light or chemical sources and converts them into useful electrical …
human motion, waste heat, light or chemical sources and converts them into useful electrical …
Hybrid lead-free polymer-based nanocomposites with improved piezoelectric response for biomedical energy-harvesting applications: A review
Lead-free alternative materials for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy
through piezoelectric transduction are of significant value in a diverse range of technological …
through piezoelectric transduction are of significant value in a diverse range of technological …
Piezoelectric polymer and paper substrates: a review
KK Sappati, S Bhadra - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Polymers and papers, which exhibit piezoelectricity, find a wide range of applications in the
industry. Ever since the discovery of PVDF, piezo polymers and papers have been widely …
industry. Ever since the discovery of PVDF, piezo polymers and papers have been widely …