Wide bandgap semiconductor thin films for piezoelectric and piezoresistive MEMS sensors applied at high temperatures: an overview

MA Fraga, H Furlan, RS Pessoa, M Massi - Microsystem technologies, 2014 - Springer
The use of wide bandgap semiconductor thin films as sensing materials for micro-electrical–
mechanical systems (MEMS) sensors has been the subject of much discussion in the …

Controlled growth of semiconducting ZnO nanorods for piezoelectric energy harvesting-based nanogenerators

S Abubakar, ST Tan, JYC Liew, ZA Talib… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods have attracted considerable attention in recent years owing to
their piezoelectric properties and potential applications in energy harvesting, sensing, and …

Piezoelectric ZnO thin films for 2DOF MEMS vibrational energy harvesting

K Tao, H Yi, L Tang, J Wu, P Wang, N Wang… - Surface and Coatings …, 2019 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an environmental-friendly semiconducting, piezoelectric and non-
ferroelectric material, and plays an essential role for applications in microelectromechanical …

ZnO thin film piezoelectric MEMS vibration energy harvesters with two piezoelectric elements for higher output performance

P Wang, H Du - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based
vibration energy harvesters with two different designs are presented. These harvesters …

[HTML][HTML] A novel ZnO piezoelectric microcantilever energy scavenger: Fabrication and characterization

D Bhatia, H Sharma, RS Meena, VR Palkar - Sensing and bio-sensing …, 2016 - Elsevier
This novel piezoelectric zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film microcantilever was fabricated by
micromachining technique. To release the cantilever, wet anisotropic etching of Silicon (Si) …

Effects of growth temperature and reactor pressure on AlN thin film grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition

B Lin, Y Cai, Y Wang, Y Zou, C Gao, Y Liu, W Liu… - Thin Solid Films, 2023 - Elsevier
Following the development of the semiconductor industry, advanced and multifunctional
material aluminum nitride (AlN) is widely used. However, AlN thin film faces the dilemma of …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles coated with (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane as additives for boosting the dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties of poly …

AM Chandran, S Varun, SC Karumuthil… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this study, we report the synergistic role of (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane (APTES)
functionalization of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles and low-temperature phase-inversion for …

Poly (vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)-ZnO nanoparticle composites on a flexible poly (dimethylsiloxane) substrate for energy harvesting

SC Karumuthil, SP Rajeev… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this article, we report on an energy-harvesting device using a hybrid flexible polymer
nanocomposite as a tribo–piezo layer for energy generation. Piezoelectric nano zinc oxide …

Piezoelectric based MEMS acoustic sensor for wide frequency applications

WR Ali, M Prasad - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work describes the development of an acoustic sensor based on piezoelectric ZnO thin
film to be utilized for aero-acoustic measurements. The design of the device was carried out …

Analysis of Heterostructure Formation of Abnormally Oriented Grains in Sputter-Deposited AlScN Films and Its Impact on Bulk Acoustic Wave Devices

X Gu, Y Liu, X Huang, J Ding, Y Qu, Z Liu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The presence of abnormally oriented grains (AOGs) in sputter-deposited aluminum
scandium nitride (AlScN) films significantly degrades their physical properties …