Piezoelectric nanogenerators for personalized healthcare
University of California, Los Angeles · Southwest Jiaotong University
Abstract
The development of flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators has experienced rapid progress in the past decade and is serving as the technological foundation of future state-of-the-art personalized healthcare. Due to their highly efficient mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion, easy implementation, and self-powering nature, these devices permit a plethora of innovative healthcare applications in the space of active sensing, electrical stimulation therapy, as well as passive human biomechanical energy harvesting to third party power on-body devices. This article gives a comprehensive review of the piezoelectric nanogenerators for personalized healthcare. After a brief introduction to the fundamental physical…
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6Topics & keywords
- Bioelectronics
- Energy harvesting
- Piezoelectricity
- Nanotechnology
- Internet of Things
- Materials science
- Engineering
- Computer science
- Affordable and clean energy