Piezoelectric materials are widely referred to as “smart” materials because they can
transduce mechanical pressure acting on them to electrical signals and vice versa. They are …

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 …

Environmental pollution resulting from fossil fuel consumption and the limited lifespan of
batteries has shifted the focus of energy research towards the adoption of green renewable …

Recently, sustainable green energy harvesting systems have been receiving great attention
for their potential use in self‐powered smart wireless sensor network (WSN) systems. In …

The internet of things (IoT) manages a large infrastructure of web-enabled smart devices,
small devices that use embedded systems, such as processors, sensors, and …

Two-dimensional (2D) materials present many unique materials concepts, including material
properties that sometimes differ dramatically from those of their bulk counterparts. One of …

A huge number of piezoelectric materials have been demonstrated since the discovery of
piezoelectricity over a century ago. The use of nanostructured piezoelectrics, however, is a …

Piezoelectric nanogenerators have attracted much attention in the past decade. In this study,
the development of piezoelectric nanogenerators and their progress toward high power …

Piezoelectricity is a unique material property that converts mechanical energy into electricity
or vice versa. Starting from the group-III monochalcogenide monolayers, we design a series …

Nanotechnology is an arena of exploration and innovation concerned with building things
generally, advancing resources and devices based on highly specific and superior …