Sentences with phrase «flexible nanogenerator»
Now scientists have built a flexible nanogenerator out of cellulose, an abundant natural material, that could potentially harvest energy from the body — its heartbeats, blood flow and other almost imperceptible but constant movements.
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The research team fabricated high - performance flexible nanogenerators utilizing a bulk single - crystal PMN - PT thin film (iBULe Photonics).
Not exact matches
The team's newly designed flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator directly stimulated a living rat's heart using electrical energy converted from the small body movements of the rat.
In addition, the flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator could also be utilized as an electrical source for various implantable medical devices.»
A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), headed by Professor Keon Jae Lee of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST and Professor Boyoung Joung, M.D. of the Division of Cardiology at Severance Hospital of Yonsei University, has developed a self - powered artificial cardiac pacemaker that is operated semi-permanently by a flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator.
The nanogenerator itself includes thin electrode sheets on the front and back of the mesoporous polymer film, and the researchers can attach this soft, flexible film seamlessly to flat, rough or curvy surfaces, including human skin.
The latest nanogenerator consists of a series of zinc - oxide nanowires mounted on top of a flexible plastic surface.