Haptic technology involves the use of electrical or mechanical means to stimulate afferent
nerves or mechanoreceptors in the skin as the basis for creating sensations of physical …

The vast reduction in the size and power consumption of sensors and CMOS circuitry has
led to a focused research effort on the on-board power sources which can replace the …

Smart and functional materials processed by printing technologies reveal an increasing
interest due to reduced cost of assembly, easy integration into devices and the possibility to …

Historically, batteries have been the source of energy for most mobile, embedded and
remote system applications. Now, with ubiquitous computing requirements in the fields of …

When a voltage is applied to a layer of a dielectric elastomer, the layer reduces in thickness
and expands in area. A recent experiment has shown that the homogeneous deformation of …

We develop a thermodynamic model of electrostriction for elastic dielectrics capable of large
deformation. The model reproduces the classical equations of state for dielectrics at small …

Dielectric elastomers offer the promise of energy harvesting with few moving parts. Power
can be produced simply by stretching and contracting a relatively low-cost rubbery material …

Stretchable electronics can go beyond what might commonly be considered “electronics.”
They can exploit their inherent elasticity to enable new types of transducers that convert …

Electroactive polymers, generally used as actuators, offer very promising levels of
performance in sensor mode, particularly in scavenging ambient mechanical energy …

In piezoelectric energy harvesting systems, the energy harvesting circuit is the interface
between a piezoelectric device and an electrical load. A conventional view of this interface is …