Dielectric polymer: Scavenging energy from human motion

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6927, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jean Mistral, Claire ^a   Basrour, Skandar ^b   Chaillout, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b TIMA LABORATORY   (France)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Dielectric polymer; Human motion; Mechanical energy scavenger; New characterization

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANALYTICAL MODEL; DIELECTRIC POLYMER; HUMAN MOTION; MECHANICAL ENERGY SCAVENGER;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 44449093636     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.776879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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