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 …

Integration of piezoelectric materials in composite and textile structures is promising for
creating smart textiles with sensing or energy harvesting functionalities. The most direct …

Perovskite oxides with general composition ABO3 are a large group of inorganic materials
that can contain a variety of cations from all parts of the Periodic Table and that have diverse …

Ferroelectric nanomaterials often suffer from severe polarization loss compared to their bulk
due to a size-induced alteration in their crystalline structure, making them inefficient for …

In this paper, core-shell structured TiO 2@ HfO 2 nanowire arrays with designable HfO 2
layer thicknesses were constructed by atomic layer deposition (ALD) method. The effects of …

A novel approach for the synthesis of ultra-long (up to∼ 45 μm) vertically aligned barium
titanate (BaTiO 3) nanowire (NW) arrays on an oxidized Ti substrate is developed. The …

Piezoelectric composites were prepared by dielectrophoretic alignment of high aspect ratio
piezoelectric particles in a thermosetting polymer matrix. A high level of alignment was …

Here, digital image correlation is demonstrated to be an accurate tool for the noncontact,
non-destructive, and rapid characterization of the converse effect of piezoelectric materials …

Energy harvesting from mechanical vibration of buildings is usually realized by the use of
devices, in which the main element is a prismatic beam with a rectangular cross-section. The …

Piezoelectric materials are currently among the most promising building blocks for sensing,
actuation and energy harvesting systems. However, these materials are limited in certain …