Power supply is one of the bottlenecks to realizing untethered wearable electronics, soft
robotics and the internet of things. Flexible self-charging power sources integrate energy …

The development of flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators has experienced rapid progress
in the past decade and is serving as the technological foundation of future state-of-the-art …

Polymer-ceramic piezoelectric composites, combining high piezoelectricity and mechanical
flexibility, have attracted increasing interest in both academia and industry. However, their …

The performance of chemical sensors is dominated by the perception of the target molecules
via sensitive materials and the conduction of sensing signals through transducers. However …

The magnetoelastic effect—the variation of the magnetic properties of a material under
mechanical stress—is usually observed in rigid alloys, whose mechanical modulus is …

Self-powered wearable sensors have attracted extensive attention in tactile sensing, motion-
detecting, and biomedical signal monitoring. The practical application of these devices …

Borophene stands out uniquely among Xenes with its metallic character, Dirac nature,
exceptional electron mobility, thermal conductivity, and Young's moduli—surpassing …

The high-performance piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) with good flexibility, tunability
and sensitivity is desirable for the next-generation of wearable electronics. However, the 3D …

Piezoelectric materials have been studied for nearly a century now. Initially employed in
sonar technology, piezoelectric materials now have a vast set of applications including …

From every heartbeat to every footstep, human beings dissipate energy all the time.
Researchers are trying to harvest energy from the human body and convert it into electricity …