Piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting and sensing applications: roadmap for future smart materials

SD Mahapatra, PC Mohapatra, AI Aria… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials are widely referred to as “smart” materials because they can
transduce mechanical pressure acting on them to electrical signals and vice versa. They are …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in preparation methods and conductivity properties of graphene-based polymer composites

A Tarhini, AR Tehrani-Bagha - Applied Composite Materials, 2023 - Springer
Graphene-based polymer composites with improved physical properties are of great interest
due to their lightweight, conductivity, and durability. They have the potential to partially …

Needle-free electrospinning of nanofibrillated cellulose and graphene nanoplatelets based sustainable poly (butylene succinate) nanofibers

N Neibolts, O Platnieks, S Gaidukovs, A Barkane… - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable materials have slowly overtaken the nanofiber research field while the tailoring
of their properties and the upscaling for industrial production are some of the major …

Stretchable polymer-modulated PVDF-HFP/TiO2 nanoparticles-based piezoelectric nanogenerators for energy harvesting and sensing applications

R Mitra, BS Priyadarshini, A Ramadoss… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since piezoelectric materials can convert mechanical pressure applied to them to electrical
impulses and vice versa, they are unequivocally referred to as smart materials. Among such …

Graphene-based polymer composite films with enhanced mechanical properties and ultra-high in-plane thermal conductivity

AA Tarhini, AR Tehrani-Bagha - Composites Science and Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Graphene has very high electrical and thermal conductivities and thus is a promising
candidate for use as a filler to enhance the conductivity of polymer composites. The main …

High-performance graphene-based carbon nanofiller/polymer composites for piezoresistive sensor applications

P Costa, J Nunes-Pereira, J Oliveira, J Silva… - … Science and Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) composites with different carbonaceous
nanofillers, prepared by solution casting, were studied their chemical, mechanical, electrical …

Piezoresistive performance of polymer-based materials as a function of the matrix and nanofiller content to walking detection application

JR Dios, C Garcia-Astrain, S Gonçalves, P Costa… - Composites science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoplastics and thermoplastic elastomers can be combined with carbon nanotubes
(CNT) for the development of piezoresistive composites with varying deformation ranges for …

Energy harvesting from a thin polymeric film based on PVDF-HFP and PMMA blend

K Polat - Applied Physics A, 2020 - Springer
Herein, a thin polymeric film prepared by spin coating technique using the blend of poly
(vinylidene floride-co-hexafluoropropylene)(PVDF-HFP) and poly (methyl methactrylate) …

[HTML][HTML] Phase inversion in PVDF films with enhanced piezoresponse through spin-coating and quenching

M Fortunato, D Cavallini, G De Bellis, F Marra… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the present work, poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) films were produced by spin-coating,
and applying different conditions of quenching, in order to investigate the dominant …

Multiple enhancement of PVC cable insulation using functionalized SiO2 nanoparticles based nanocomposites

NMK Abdel-Gawad, AZ El Dein, DEA Mansour… - Electric Power Systems …, 2018 - Elsevier
Manufacturing of a new insulation material for power cables has become necessary in order
to withstand electrical and mechanical stresses. The current study aims to enhance the …