Recent Advances in Piezoelectric Materials for Electromechanical Transducer Applications

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Materials with field-tunable polarization are of broad interest to condensed matter sciences and solid-state device technologies. Here, using hydrogen (H) donor doping, we modify the room temperature metallic phase of a perovskite nickelate NdNiO3 into an ...

Solid-state transformers with input-series outputparallel structures are being considered for a variety of applications requiring MVAC to LVDC conversion. Due to the singlephase AC/DC conversion at the input side, all floating cells of the solid-state tran ...

Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEAs) are a type of smart material described as compliant capacitors. They show impressive performances as soft actuators, such as a high strain and fast response. Nonetheless, replicating natural muscle function with DEAs h ...

This paper focuses on the operational characteristics of a medium voltage resonant DC transformer based on a split capacitor IGCT 3L-NPC leg. The study delves into both the dynamic and static balancing aspects of the 3L-NPC when operating in a two-level, 5 ...

Transient electronics have emerged as a new category of devices that can degrade after their functional lifetime, offering tremendous potential as disposable sensors, actuators, wearables, and implants. Additive manufacturing methods represent a promising ...

We report a soft actuator that generates continuous rotation of an object placed on it by electromagnetically exciting circular travelling waves in a soft disk. The disk, that serves as the stator, is made of a stretchable composite consisting of segments ...

The medium-voltage (MV) dual active bridge (DAB) converter with series-connected SiC (S-SiC) MOSFETs is a promising solution for high-power-density isolated dc/dc converter. To improve the voltage sharing and reliability of S-SiC, relatively large snubber ...

This data set contains the data collected during the FNS project Green Piezo (Grant no. 179064) in association with the recent publication entitled “Low-temperature processing of screen-printed piezoelectric KNbO3 with integration onto biodegradable paper ...

The development of fully solution-processed, biodegradable piezoelectrics is a critical step in the development of green electronics towards the worldwide reduction of harmful electronic waste. However, recent printing processes for piezoelectrics are hind ...

Recent advancements in miniature devices with higher computational capabilities and ultralow power consumption have accelerated the development of wearable sensors, actuators, and energy harvesters everywhere. The ultimate aim of such a technological revol ...

We report on the design and characterization of two inductive proximity sensors based on LC oscillators operating at 500 MHz. The distance from the target is obtained by measuring the oscillation frequency variation. Both sensors contain an off-chip LC res ...

The electrostrictive effect, which induces strain in ferroelectric ceramics, offers distinct advantages over its piezoelectric counterpart for high-precision actuator applications, including anhysteretic behavior even at high frequencies, rapid reaction ti ...

Cryogenic operation is the backbone of many cutting edge applications. Significant work has been done to characterize and model all cryogenic effects for creating a reliable, robust and efficient cryogenic design across a wide range of technologies and pro ...

In this article, a series-connected SiC MOSFETs-based medium voltage (MV) dual active bridge (DAB) converter featuring a lowvoltage difference amongdevices and high efficiency is proposed. In the developed DAB converter, the zero voltage switching-on chara ...

In this work, we investigate the fundamental effects contributing to energy storage enhancement in on-chip ferroelectric electrostatic supercapacitors with doped high-k dielectrics. By optimizing energy storage density and efficiency in nanometer-thin stac ...

Piezoelectrics play a significant role in modern electronics and electric devices. Thermal or mechanical stress on such materials induces a change in polarization generating an electric response, which is the sole effect of why they are so interesting. How ...

Controlling audible sound requires inherently broadband and subwavelength acoustic solutions, which are to date, crucially missing. This includes current noise absorption methods, such as porous materials or acoustic resonators, which are typically ineffic ...

The medium-voltage grid emulator is gaining popularity for testing grid-code compliance of large-capacity converters for renewable energy resources. The cascaded H-bridge converter based on active-front-ends is a promising candidate for high-power grid emu ...

Thermoelectric conversion remains an active research field in light of its potential to enhance energy efficiency by waste heat recovery in a noise and wear-free manner. Nanostructuring is responsible for most of the recently reported improvements of the ...

Among the policies to reduce the consequences of GHG emissions, the decarbonization of the electrical, transport, and manufacturing sectors has profoundly changed how the electricity is produced, transmitted, distributed, and consumed, particularly imposin ...

Recent Advances in Piezoelectric Materials for Electromechanical Transducer Applications

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Hydrogen-induced tunable remanent polarization in a perovskite nickelate

Active Power Decoupling for Single-Phase Input-Series-Output-Parallel Solid-State Transformers

Inversing the actuation cycle of dielectric elastomer actuators for a facial prosthesis

Static and Dynamic Voltage Balancing for an IGCT-Based Resonant DC Transformer

3D Printing of Customizable Transient Bioelectronics and Sensors

Permanently magnetized elastomer rotating actuator using traveling waves

Phase Shift Angle Segmentation Modulation for Soft-Switching Medium-Voltage DAB Converter With Series-Connected SiC MOSFETs

Dataset for "Low-temperature processing of screen-printed piezoelectric KNbO3 with integration onto biodegradable paper substrates"

Low-temperature processing of screen-printed piezoelectric KNbO3 with integration onto biodegradable paper substrates

Tailor-made Piezoelectric Elastomer Materials

500 MHz high resolution proximity sensors with fully integrated digital counter

Ultrahigh Electrostrictive Effect in Lead-Free Ferroelectric Ceramics Via Texture Engineering

Overview of Cryogenic Operation in Nanoscale Technology Nodes

Analysis and Design for Medium Voltage Dual Active Bridge Converter Based on Series-Connected SiC MOSFETs

Ferroelectric Supercapacitors by Combining Polarization Switching and Negative Capacitance Effects for On-Chip Energy Storage

How to Make Elastomers Piezoelectric?

Ultrabroadband sound control with deep-subwavelength plasmacoustic metalayers

Dc-Link Ripple Suppression of Cascaded H-Bridge Based MV Grid Emulator Apparatus for Analysis and Testing of Grid-Tied Converters in Distribution System

Investigation of thermoelectric nanomaterials

Condition Health Monitoring for Medium-Voltage High-Power Modular Multilevel Converter