The consumption of low-power electronic devices has increased rapidly, where almost all applications use power devices. Due to the increase in portable devices’ energy consumption, piezoelectric material is proposed as one alternatives significant alternative harvesters. This study aims create a prototype “Smart Shoes” that can generate electricity using three different designs embedded by mate...

Piezoelectric thin films offer a number of advantages in various applications, such as high energy density harvesters, a wide dynamic range, and high sensitivity sensors, as well as large displacement and low power consumption actuators. This review covers the available material forms and applications of piezoelectric thin films: lead zirconate titanate (PZT)-based thin films, lead-free piezoel...

Calibration sources are an indispensable tool for all detectors. In acoustic particle detection the goal of a calibration source is to mimic neutrino signatures as expected from hadronic cascades. A simple and promising method for the emulation of neutrino signals are piezo ceramics. We will present results of measruements and simulations on these piezo ceramics. The active element of a transdu...

258 is one where the piezoactivity and mechanical properties can be altered individually so that the mechanical stiffness of the material can be controlled for particular applications or tuned to match that of the surroundings (e.g., air or water) for increased transduction sensitivity. Here, we present a new piezoelectric material based on a helical biopolymer with an inherently large electric...

This paper studies interfacial mechanical behavior of laminate beams, consisting of two piezoelectric facial sheets and an elastic core. The study is based on coupled multi-filed finite element formulation. The emphasis is placed on mechanical and electric behavior of interfaces between piezoelectric material and elastic material, including effect of geometrical parameters, stress distribution ...