AlN piezoelectric thin films for energy harvesting and acoustic devices

C Fei, X Liu, B Zhu, D Li, X Yang, Y Yang, Q Zhou - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Aluminum nitride (AlN) thin films are widely investigated due to their unique physical
properties and applications in energy harvesting devices, ultrasonic transducers …

Piezoelectric MEMS vibrational energy harvesters: Advances and outlook

MT Todaro, F Guido, V Mastronardi, D Desmaele… - Microelectronic …, 2017 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric MEMS energy harvesters based on thin films are compact and cost-effective
microgenerators for scavenging environmental vibrations. This technology is promising for …

Group III nitride and SiC based MEMS and NEMS: materials properties, technology and applications

V Cimalla, J Pezoldt, O Ambacher - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
With the increasing requirements for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) regarding
stability, miniaturization and integration, novel materials such as wide band gap …

A micro inertial energy harvesting platform with self-supplied power management circuit for autonomous wireless sensor nodes

EE Aktakka, K Najafi - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 0.25 cm 3 autonomous energy harvesting micro-platform is realized to efficiently
scavenge, rectify and store ambient vibration energy with batteryless cold start-up and zero …

Investigation and review of the thermal, mechanical, electrical, optical, and structural properties of atomic layer deposited high-k dielectrics: Beryllium oxide, aluminum …

JT Gaskins, PE Hopkins, DR Merrill… - ECS Journal of Solid …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Atomic layer deposited (ALD) high-dielectric-constant (high-k) materials have found
extensive applications in a variety of electronic, optical, optoelectronic, and photovoltaic …

Flexible piezoelectric pressure sensors using oriented aluminum nitride thin films prepared on polyethylene terephthalate films

M Akiyama, Y Morofuji, T Kamohara… - Journal of applied …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
We have investigated the high sensitive piezoelectric response of c-axis oriented aluminum
nitride (AlN) thin films prepared on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films. The AlN films …

Flexible piezoelectric energy-harvesting exploiting biocompatible AlN thin films grown onto spin-coated polyimide layers

L Algieri, MT Todaro, F Guido… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The increasing demand of piezoelectric energy harvesters for wearable and implantable
applications requires biocompatible materials and careful structural device design, paying …

Mechanical properties and reliability of aluminum nitride thin films

E Österlund, J Kinnunen, V Rontu, A Torkkeli… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the mechanical properties and fatigue behavior of thin films is
important for the design and reliability of microfabricated devices. This study uses the bulge …

Reactive magnetron sputtered AlN thin films: structural, linear and nonlinear optical characteristics

HA Alyousef, AM Hassan, HMH Zakaly - Journal of Materials Science …, 2023 - Springer
This study investigates the structural and optical characteristics of aluminum nitride (AlN)
thin films deposited using reactive magnetron sputtering (dcMS) in an Ar+ N2 (80: 20%) …

Separation of intra-and intergranular magnetotransport properties in nanocrystalline diamond films on the metallic side of the metal–insulator transition

SD Janssens, P Pobedinskas, J Vacik… - New Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A systematic study on the morphology and electronic properties of thin heavily boron-doped
nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) films is presented. The films have nominally the same …