Power harvesting via smart materials /

"This monograph covers the fundamentals, fabrication, testing, and modeling of ambient energy harvesters based on three main streams of energy-harvesting mechanisms: piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics and pyroelectrics, and thermoelectrics. It addresses their commercial and biomedical applications,...

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Main Authors: Batra, A. K. (Author), Alomari, Almuatasim, 1985- (Author)
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bellingham, Washington : SPIE Press, [2017]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"This monograph covers the fundamentals, fabrication, testing, and modeling of ambient energy harvesters based on three main streams of energy-harvesting mechanisms: piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics and pyroelectrics, and thermoelectrics. It addresses their commercial and biomedical applications, as well as the latest research results. Graduate students, scientists, engineers, researchers, and those new to the field will find this book a handy and crucial reference because it provides a comprehensive perspective on the basic concepts and recent developments in this rapidly expanding field"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 281 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781510608504
1510608508
9781510608511
1510608516