Energy harvesting technologies have been explored by researchers for more than two
decades as an alternative to conventional power sources (eg batteries) for small-sized and …

With the fast development of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the last 30 years,
semiconductor nanowires have been widely investigated in the areas of both electronics …

Stretchability is an essential property for wearable devices to match varying strains when
interfacing with soft tissues or organs. While piezoelectricity has broad application potentials …

Piezoelectric coefficients are constrained by the intrinsic crystal structure of the constituent
material. Here we describe design and manufacturing routes to previously inaccessible …

Flexible piezoelectric acoustic sensors have been developed to generate multiple sound
signals with high sensitivity, shifting the paradigm of future voice technologies. Speech …

For many decades, experimental solid mechanics has played a crucial role in characterizing
and understanding the mechanical properties of natural and novel artificial materials …

The rapid advancements of wearable electronics have caused a paradigm shift in consumer
electronics, and the emerging development of stretchable electronics opens a new spectrum …

As artificial intelligence (AI) advances, it is critical to give conventional electronics the
capacity to “think,”“analyze,” and “advise.” The need for intelligent, self-powered devices has …

The past several decades have witnessed significant advances in the synthesis and
applications of PIEZOelectric semiconductors, an important class of materials, including …

Hybrid nanostructures composed of semiconductor and plasmonic metal components are
receiving extensive attention. They display extraordinary optical characteristics that are …