Muscle‐Driven In Vivo Nanogenerator
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A nanogenerator based on a single piezoelectric fine wire producing an alternating current (AC) is successfully used for the harvesting of biomechanical energy under in vivo conditions. We demonstrate the implanting and working of such a nanogenerator in a live rat where it harvests energy generated by its breathing or heart beating. This study shows the potential of applying these nanogenerators for driving in vivo nanodevices.
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Triggered by the heartbeat motions of a live rat, the ZnO SWG generates an average voltage and current of 3 mV and 30 pA, respectively.
“Triggered by the heartbeat motions of a live rat, the SWG can generate an average voltage and current of 3 mV and 30 pA, respectively.”
From From flexible electronics technology in the era of IoT and artificial intelligence toward future implanted body sensor networks (2019) · cites this paper as [69]
This research opens up the possibility to harvest biomechanical energy from the in vivo environment, e.g., heartbeat, muscle stretching, blood pressure, breath, and other vibrations.
“This research opens up the possibility to harvest the biomechanical energy from the in vivo environment, e.g., heartbeat, muscle stretching, blood pressure, breath, and other vibrations.”
From From flexible electronics technology in the era of IoT and artificial intelligence toward future implanted body sensor networks (2019) · cites this paper as [69]
An implantable ZnO single-wire generator is demonstrated to harvest biomechanical energy inside a rat.
“To harvest the biomechanical energy inside a rat, an implantable ZnO single-wire generator (SWG) is demonstrated [Fig.2(h)].69”
From From flexible electronics technology in the era of IoT and artificial intelligence toward future implanted body sensor networks (2019) · cites this paper as [69]
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- Authors
- Li, Z., Zhu, G., Yang, R., Wang, A. C., & Wang, Z. L.
- Affiliations
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Zhong Lin
- Venue
- Advanced Materials
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-06-18
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 23
- Pages
- 2534-2537
- ISSN
- 0935-9648 (ISSN-L)
- 1521-4095
- OpenAlex
- W2107784331
- Cited by
- 441
- References
- 10
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- FWCI
- 6.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Advanced Materials (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
- Keywords
- piezoelectric nanogenerators, fine wires, biomechanical energy harvesting, breathing, heartbeat, rat model
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Biomechanical Phenomena, Heart, Male, Muscles, Electric Power Supplies, Respiration, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Nanotechnology, Rats
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