With the advancements in materials science and micro/nanoengineering, the field of
wearable electronics has experienced a rapid growth and significantly impacted and …

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 …

Energy crisis and atmospheric contamination urgently warrants the low-energy consumption
and scalable hazardous gas detection for environmental government. However, most of …

With the arrival of the Internet of Things (IoTs) era, there is a growing requirement for
systems with many sensor nodes in a variety of fields of applications. The demands for …

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 …

The sensing performance of gas sensors is determined by three key factors of sensing,
transducing and utilization ratio of sensing body. However, these three factors are …

ZnO nanorods (NRs) have received a tremendous amount of attention in the last decade for
mechanical energy harvesting devices due to its outstanding semiconducting and …

Fiber‐based structures are highly desirable for wearable electronics that are expected to be
light‐weight, long‐lasting, flexible, and conformable. Many fibrous structures have been …

Low-dimensional piezoelectric semiconductor nanomaterials, such as ZnO and GaN, have
superior mechanical properties and can be integrated into flexible devices that can be …

In an effort to eliminate the replacement of the batteries of electronic devices that are difficult
or impractical to service once deployed, harvesting energy from mechanical vibrations or …