Radioisotope thin-film fueled microfabricated reciprocating electromechanical power generator

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 837-849

  Duggirala, Rajesh ^a,b   Polcawich, Ronald G ^c   Dubey, Madan ^c   Lal, Amit ^d,e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

^e Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Micropower generator; Nickel 63; Piezoelectric unimorph; Radioisotope

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPES;

MICROPOWER GENERATOR; NICKEL-63; PIEZOELECTRIC UNIMORPH; POWER GENERATORS; RADIOISOTOPE;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 49149108654     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2008.924854     Document Type: Article

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