Converting biomechanical energy into electricity by a muscle-movement- driven nanogenerator

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1201-1205

  Yang, Rusen ^a   Qin, Yong ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Zhu, Guang ^a   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO MOTIONS; BLOOD FLOWS; BODY MOTIONS; CAMPBELL; ENERGY-HARVESTING; EXTERNAL CIRCUITS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES; HEART BEATS; HUMAN FINGERS; LOW-FREQUENCY ENERGIES; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PIEZOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; SERIES CONNECTIONS; SINGLE WIRES; SUBSTRATE SURFACES; ZNO NANOWIRES;

BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; WIRE; ZINC OXIDE;

SUBSTRATES;

NANOWIRE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINGER; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSCILLOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CRICETINAE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINGERS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OSCILLOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 65249165597     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl803904b     Document Type: Article

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