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Power Harvesting via Smart Materials, Paperback / softback Book

Power Harvesting via Smart Materials Paperback / softback

Part of the Press Monographs series

Paperback / softback

Description

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.

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.