News tagged with polyvinylidene fluoride
Electricity from the nose: Engineers make power from human respiration
(PhysOrg.com) -- The same piezoelectric effect that ignites your gas grill with the push of a button could one day power sensors in your body via the respiration in your nose.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 04, 2011 |
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New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing
(PhysOrg.com) -- In research that gives literal meaning to the term "power suit," University of California, Berkeley, engineers have created energy-scavenging nanofibers that could one day be woven into clothing ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 12, 2010 |
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Mechanism behind capacitor's high-speed energy storage discovered
Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered the means by which a polymer known as PVDF enables capacitors to store and release large amounts of energy quickly. Their findings could lead to much more powerful ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Powered by seaweed: Polymer from algae may improve battery performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- By looking to Mother Nature for solutions, researchers have identified a promising new binder material for lithium-ion battery electrodes that not only could boost energy storage, but also ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Paper supercapacitor could power future paper electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- All those paper transistors and paper displays that scientists have been designing can now be powered by an onboard power source, thanks to the development of a new paper supercapacitor. Designed ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 21, 2010 |
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'Nanofiber' project aims to turn clothes into generators
Need juice for a dying iPod? You may soon be able to plug the gadget into a shirt, dance the electric slide and be good to go.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 20, 2010 |
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Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky
Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from ...
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Backpack straps harvest energy to power electronics
All that rubbing of your backpack straps on your shoulders may be put to good use, now that researchers have designed a novel type of energy harvesting backpack. The pack has straps made of a piezoelectric ...
Sep 13, 2007 |
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Unique Material May Allow Capacitors to Store More Energy
Imagine an electric car with the same acceleration capability as a gas-powered sports car, or ultrafast rechargeable “batteries” that can be recharged a thousand times more than existing conventional batteries. According ...
Jul 20, 2007 |
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Tactile sensor acts as a human finger in minimally invasive surgery
Researchers have designed a millimeter-sized sensor that has many of the tactile abilities of a human finger: it can sense the magnitude and the position of an applied force, slippage of a grasping tool, and ...
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Sandia piezoelectric films to be part of NASA space station experiment
For the past three years a Sandia research team headed by Mat Celina has been investigating the performance of various piezoelectric polymer films that might one day serve as ultra-light mirrors in space telescopes.
Aug 08, 2006 |
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