For implantable medical devices, it is of paramount importance to ensure uninterrupted
energy supply to different circuits and subcircuits. Instead of relying on battery stored energy …

Sensors based on the detection of small resistance variations are universally recognized as
piezoresistive. Being one of the simplest, most common and most investigated classes of …

Wireless networks of sensors, displays and smart devices that can be placed on a person's
body could have applications in health monitoring, medical interventions and human …

Progress towards the integration of technology into living organisms requires electrical
power sources that are biocompatible, mechanically flexible, and able to harness the …

Health, infrastructure, and environmental monitoring as well as networking and defense
technologies are only some of the potential areas of application of micro‐/nanosystems …

The ability to implant electronic systems in the human body has led to many medical
advances. Progress in semiconductor technology paved the way for devices at the scale of a …

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Harvesting ambient mechanical energy at the nanometer scale holds great promises for
powering small electronics and achieving self-powered electronic devices. The self …

A first proof-of-concept mm-sized implantable device using ultrasonic power transfer and a
hybrid bi-directional data communication link is presented. Ultrasonic power transfer …

In this paper, we report a technique that uses piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
microbelts to convert the energy from low-speed air flow to electricity via their resonant …