Such a structure, consisting essentially of apatite crystals embedded in an organic matrix, might be expected to exhibit piezoelectric properties, as in the case of many other multicrystalline ...

Korean researchers have developed a groundbreaking energy harvesting device that converts body movements into electricity.

The piezoelectric effect is simple in its rules: Apply mechanical stress to a material and you generate an electric charge. The inverse is also true: Apply a voltage to a material, and it changes ...

Researchers fom South Korea’s Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology have developed an extremely efficient ...

This interconversion between mechanical and electrical energy makes piezoelectric crystals highly useful for various sensing and actuation applications. The piezoelectric effect arises from the ...

Piezoelectric and triboelectric tactile sensors are designed to convert mechanical stimuli into electrical signals, making ...

Making Electronic Devices Flexible With smartphones, we have become used to carrying electronics with us all the time. This is, however, still done with a bulky block of metal and plastic, which, if ...

Chung-Ang University researchers develop self-powered piezoelectric and triboelectric tactile sensors leveraging 3D printing.

The research results are published in ACS Nano ("Curvature-Specific Coupling Electrodes Design for Stretchable Three-dimensional Inorganic Piezoelectric Nanogenerator"). Energy harvesters are of two ...