Strategies, Techniques and Systems for powering low-maintenance and battery-free devices through Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer

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The radio frequency (RF) performance of implantable antennas is significantly affected by the lossy biological tissues surrounding the implant. This paper introduces an an-alytical method for assessing the gain and radiation patterns of implantable antenna ...

Microcantilevers are popular transducers thanks to their simple design and a high sensitivity. In many applications, the cantilevers need to be actuated, either to induce a controlled deflection or to excite the resonance. This can be achieved with integra ...

This paper introduces a novel 2-D beam-steerable rectenna designed for mm-wave RF wireless power transfer (RF-WPT) applications. The 2-D beamsteering capability of the proposed rectenna is achieved by integrating an on-chip 4 × 4 Butler matrix, which is co ...

Implanted medical devices (IMDs) have been widely developed to support the monitoring and recording of biological data inside the body or brain. Wirelessly powered IMDs, a subset of implantable electronics, have been proposed to eliminate the limitations r ...

The aluminium sector relies on natural gas for the conversion of recycled scrap into new feedstock, which results in substantial atmospheric emissions. Hydric resources are also impacted, as they serve as heat sinks for the waste heat generated during the ...

Healthcare sector buildings, particularly hospitals, significantly contribute to global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Hospitals require a substantial amount of steam, including the essential hygienic or " clean steam, " that is currently ...

To support the decarbonisation of the power sector and offset the volatility of a system with high levels of renewables, there is growing interest in residential Demand-Side Management (DSM) solutions. Traditional DSM strategies require consumers to active ...

In the development of implantable bioelectronics, the establishment of efficient wireless RF links between implants and external nodes is crucial, providing substantial contributions to the advancement of medical diagnosis, therapies, and basic science. Im ...

In recent years, many efforts have been made to find alternative renewable energy sources that can ideally replace the use of fossil fuels in all aspects. One of the new emerging energy technologies is the bioelectrochemical system, of which two types are ...

Energy piles represent an innovative technology that can help provide sustainable geothermal heating or cooling energy for thermal conditioning purposes. In hot-dominated climates, the interest is to inject heat in the ground and extract energy for space-c ...

Operators from various industries have been pushing the adoption of wireless sensing nodes for industrial monitoring, and such efforts have produced sizeable condition monitoring datasets that can be used to build diagnosis algorithms capable of warning ma ...

A reversible photo-electrochemical device operating under concentrated irradiation could offer a stand-alone solution for producing solar fuel (in photo-driven electrolysis mode) and power (in fuel cell mode). This strategy would present the advantage of h ...

Buildings play a pivotal role in the ongoing worldwide energy transition, accounting for 30% of the global energy consumption. With traditional engineering solutions reaching their limits to tackle such large-scale problems, data-driven methods and Machine ...

The auxiliary power supply for medium voltage converters requires high insulation capability between the source and the load. Inductive power transfer technology, with an air gap between the primary and secondary coil, offers such high insulation capabilit ...

Wearable and implantable medical devices are of great importance in diagnosis and treatment as they provide continuous monitoring and data collection. Considering the comfort of the patient and ease-of-operation, these devices require wireless data transmi ...

The scientific progress is significantly transforming contemporary society with the introduction and widespread application of technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Despite their profound impact, these technologies necessitate en ...

The transition towards clean renewable energy sources, where wind and solar are prone to variation, requires adequate energy storage. Power-to-methane (PtM) systems can be part of the solution. Specifically, solid-oxide-electrolyser (SOE) based PtM systems ...

The surface erosion of biased electrodes immersed in a radio frequency (RF) plasma was investigated in oblique magnetic fields ranging from 0.1 T to 3.5 T. The plasma potential and density in the vicinity of the biased electrode have been measured using an ...

This paper introduces Wireless IoT-based Noise Cancellation (WINC) which defines a framework for leveraging a wireless network of IoT microphones to enhance active noise cancellation in noise-canceling headphones. The IoT microphones forward ambient noise ...

Wireless data communication could improve the performance and reliability of biomedical implants used in fundamental neuroscience research by removing infection-prone transcutaneous cabling. The small size of common research animals like mice and rodents, ...

Strategies, Techniques and Systems for powering low-maintenance and battery-free devices through Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer

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Closed-Form Approximations for RF Radiation from Implantable Medical Devices

Fabrication of fluid-compatible trilayer cantilevers with integrated piezoelectric actuators

Novel 2-D Beamsteerable Rectenna with Improved Power Receptivity for mm-Wave RF-WPT Applications

Integrated Wireless Power, Data Communication, and Thermal Sensing System for Autonomous Multisite Brain Implants

Renewable energy integration and waste heat valorization in aluminum remelting for co-producing kerosene and methanol

Solar-assisted clean steam generator, a cleaner production approach for sustainable healthcare facilities

Beyond the average consumer: Mapping the potential of demand-side management among patterns of appliance usage

Electromagnetic Radiation of Implantable Antennas

Green hydrogen production using Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 bioanode and cuprous oxide-based photocathode

Performance of energy piles foundation in hot-dominated climate: A case study in Dubai

Federated learning with uncertainty-based client clustering for fleet-wide fault diagnosis

Reversible photo-electrochemical device for solar hydrogen and power generation

Fusing Pre-existing Knowledge and Machine Learning for Enhanced Building Thermal Modeling and Control

Modeling and optimization of PCB coils for inductive power transfer systems

An area efficient inductorless super-regenerative receiver front-end for biomedical implant devices

Electrical and Optical Manifestations of Flat Band Physics in Van der Waals Materials

Design and assessment of an evaporating water-cooled methanation reactor for a SOE-based power-to-methane system

Plasma sputtering of biased electrodes in an oblique magnetic field

WINC: A Wireless IoT Network for Multi-Noise Source Cancellation

Radiation Performance of Antennas Implanted in Small Animals for Neuroengineering