A new impact-based design turns gentle everyday motion into bursts of electricity, greatly boosting the power output of ...

As an additive manufacturing technique enabling complex geometric fabrication, direct ink writing (DIW) has established itself as a cornerstone technology for flexible electronics production. However, ...

Researchers design branch-heterostructure ceramic fibers that triple nanogenerator output and enable accurate self-powered power grid monitoring. (Nanowerk News) A team at Henan University has created ...

Microscale piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) are promising devices for converting ambient thermal and vibrational energy into usable electrical power. However, their performance is strongly ...

1 College of Engineering, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan. 2 Department of Electrical Engineering, Alimam Alhadi College, Khartoum, Sudan. This paper presents a detailed ...

PVDF is a thermoplastic polymer known for its piezoelectric properties, making it widely used in sensors and actuators. However, pure PVDF predominantly exists in the non-polar α-phase, which limits ...

How researchers are modifying basic materials to enhance and tailor transducer performance. Efforts and results achieved with piezoelectric materials. Efforts and results achieved with triboelectric ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...