Self-Powered and Soft Polymer MEMS/NEMS Devices

Download or read book Self-Powered and Soft Polymer MEMS/NEMS Devices written by Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the fabrication of soft material and biomimetic MEMS sensors, presents a review of MEMS/NEMS energy harvesters and self-powered sensors, and focuses on the recent efforts in developing flexible and wearable piezoelectric nanogenerators. It also includes a critical analysis of various energy harvesting principles, such as electromagnetic, piezoelectric, electrostatic, triboelectric, and magnetostrictive. This multidisciplinary book is appropriate for students and professionals in the fields of material science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and bioengineering.