piezoelectricity

a, Traditional activation method of PS-AOPs technology. b, Mechanism of piezoelectric/PS-AOPs. c, Annual number of publications concerning piezoelectric/PS-AOPs. CREDIT Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
Piezoelectric-activated persulfate: A major new way to treat water and control pollution using renewable energy and being kind to the environment
“Energy-Generating Rubber” Combines Flexibility and High-Output
Researchers Develop World’s Thinnest Electric Generator
Cost-Effective, High-Performance Micropumps for Lab-on-a-Chip Disease Diagnosis
Dr Anish Roy. Credit: Image courtesy of University of Loughborough
Revolutionary device makes machining composites as easy as ‘cutting through butter’
This picture shows that a self-powered cardiac pacemaker is enabled by a flexible piezoelectric energy harvester. Credit: KAIST
The first demonstration of a self-powered cardiac pacemaker
This is a photograph of large-area PZT thin film nanogenerator (3.5 cm × 3.5 cm) on a curved glass tube and 105 commercial LEDs operated by self-powered flexible piezoelectric energy harvester. Credit: KAIST
Great improvements to nanogenerator power efficiency
Piezoelectric materials - "Batteries not needed" (Photo credit: Argonne National Laboratory)
Flexible plastics that turn mechanical vibrations into electrical energy could replace batteries
First step towards “programmable materials“
Big beats bolster solar cell efficiency
This Strawscraper Gets Its Power From Thousands Of Quivering Hairs
VIDEO: New material harvests energy from water vapor
Plastic Power
KAIST develops low-cost, large-area piezoelectric nanogenerator
Straintronics: Engineers Create Piezoelectric Graphene