Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to accelerate the construction of smart cities.
However, it requires more than 30 billion sensors to realize the IoT vision, posing great …

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 …

High-performance wearable electronic devices with the capability of converting mechanical
force into electrical energy have been gaining increasing attention for biomedical monitoring …

A new piezophotocatalytically active membrane based on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
nanofibers with α-Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles incorporated into them has been synthesized by …

Piezocatalysis driven by a gentle force possesses broad application prospects for degrading
organic pollutants, sterilisation, wound healing and tissue recovery. The flexible and …

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) nanocomposite fibers are
prepared by dry-jet wet spinning at the CNC concentrations of 0, 1, and 3 wt%, followed by …

The actuation performance of piezoelectric polymers is strongly related to the quality of
process-induced electroactive polar phase in their crystalline structure. Functional polymers …

Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are expected to be new energy supply devices for
wearable electronics, which have been proven effective in converting biomechanical energy …

A unique potassium sodium niobate (KNN)/zinc oxide (ZnO) incorporated Poly (vinylidene
fluoride)(PVDF) polymer‐based hybrid piezoelectric nanogenerator has been developed by …

In this study, lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramic particles were added for further
improvement. PZT belongs to the perovskite family and exhibits good piezoelectricity. Thus …