Of all the energy-harvesting technologies presently in development, piezoelectric devices offer some of the most intriguing possibilities. They work by converting mechanical stress, which can take the ...

Piezoelectric effect is when certain solid material is compressed under mechanical stress, and it develops a voltage potential by accumulating electrical charges. French physicists Jacques and Pierre ...

As industrial manufacturers are continuing to demand improved accuracy and precision in their devices, the technology that powers piezoelectric sensors, transducers, actuators, motors and other ...

A group lead by Prof. Yang Liu from Huazhong University of Science and Technology has created a new type of "upgraded" ...

Bioengineers have developed biocompatible generators that create electrical pulses when compressed by body motions. The generators are made up of self-assembling "piezoelectric wafers" which can be ...

Fish scales extracted from food waste have been used to build tiny generators that can convert mechanical energy, such as a touch or sound vibrations, to electrical energy. The work was done by ...

Piezoelectric materials used in the development of nanoscale mechanical sensors, actuators and energy harvesters have received much attention. More recently, devices made of graphene are of particular ...

Improvement in the design of medical equipment for better-streamlined functionality and performance is influenced by a number of critical factors. The research, design, modeling, testing, prototyping, ...