Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have created a new piezoelectric nanogenerator that promises to overcome the restrictions found in previous attempts to ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanogenerators are innovative self-powered energy harvesters that convert kinetic energy created from vibrational and mechanical sources into electrical power, removing the need ...

The team of Professor Keon Jae Lee (http://fand.kaist.ac.kr/) from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST, has developed new forms of low cost ...

Piezoelectric materials used in the development of nanoscale mechanical sensors, actuators and energy harvesters have received much attention. More recently, devices made of graphene are of particular ...

Scientists have developed a biotemplated design for a flexible piezoelectric energy harvesting device, called a "nanogenerator." A research team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee and Professor Yoon Sung ...

The energy efficiency of a new piezoelectric nanogenerator has increased by almost 40 times, one step closer toward the commercialization of flexible energy harvesters that can supply power infinitely ...

(Nanowerk News) Nanogenerators are innovative self-powered energy harvesters that convert kinetic energy created from vibrational and mechanical sources into electrical power, removing the need of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 6, 2016 -- Large quantities of fish are consumed in India on a daily basis, which generates a huge amount of fish "biowaste" materials. In an attempt to do something ...

Over the past few decades, cardiac pacemaker technology has improved to the point that pacemakers have become a commonplace medical implant that have helped improve or save the lives of many millions ...

Was there a time when you were introduced to the piezoelectric effect in one of your physics classes and wondered, “If piezoelectric crystals generate voltage when subjected to vibration, can’t we ...