Piezoelectric polymer films as power converters for human powered electronics

Microelectronics Reliability

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 897-901

  Klimiec, Ewa ^a   Zaraska, Wiesław ^a   Zaraska, Krzysztof ^a   Gasiorski, Kazimierz P ^b   Sadowski, Tadeusz ^b   Pajda, Michał ^b  

^a Department of Micro and Nanotechnology of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors   (Poland)

^b Institute of Leather Industry Cracow Division   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY RESOURCES; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PLASTIC FILMS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMERS; POWER CONVERTERS; PUMPING PLANTS; TECHNOLOGY; THERMOPLASTICS; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

(ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL) COPOLYMERS; CMOS PROCESSING; CONVERTERS (PAPER INDUSTRY); ELECTRIC ENERGIES; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRONIC DEVICES; ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES; ELSEVIER (CO); LOW POWERS; MAXIMUM POWER; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER FILM; PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERS; POWER SOURCING; SINGLE STEP; SUB MICRONS; WEARABLE COMPUTING;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 45849083510     PISSN: 00262714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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