Recent Advances in Piezoelectric Actuators and Energy Harvesting Technologies
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Actuator Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 335
Editors
Interests: piezoelectric actuators; parallel robot design and motion control; piezoelectric energy harvesting
Interests: piezoelectric actuators; smart structures; vibration control; parallel robot; piezoelectric energy harvesting
Interests: electromechanical coupling modeling; novel energy harvesting technologies and applications; green design technologies and evaluation for electromechanical products
Interests: structural nonlinear dynamics analysis; energy harvesting in underground coal mines; self-powered mining sensors
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Piezoelectric technology has emerged as a cornerstone in modern engineering, enabling two distinct yet complementary functionalities: precise actuation and effective energy harvesting. Piezoelectric actuators are renowned for their high precision, fast response, and versatile applications in robotics, biomedical devices, aerospace, and industrial automation. Concurrently, piezoelectric energy harvesting technologies offer promising solutions for powering microelectronics, wireless sensors, and low-power devices by converting ambient mechanical vibrations or movements into usable electrical energy.
This Special Issue of Actuators aims to provide a platform for showcasing the latest advances in both domains. We invite contributions that explore the design, modeling, control, fabrication, and implementation of piezoelectric actuators, as well as innovative materials, structures, circuits, and system integrations for piezoelectric energy harvesting. Submissions addressing hybrid or multifunctional systems that combine actuation and energy harvesting are also highly encouraged.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Novel piezoelectric materials and composite structures for actuators and/or energy harvesters;
- Modeling, simulation, and optimization of piezoelectric actuation and energy conversion;
- Advanced control strategies for precision piezoelectric actuators;
- Circuit design, power management, and storage interfaces for piezoelectric energy harvesting;
- Applications of piezoelectric actuators in robotics, precision positioning, adaptive structures, and medical devices;
- Applications of piezoelectric energy harvesters in self-powered sensors, wearable electronics, IoT, and structural health monitoring;
- Micro- and nano-scale piezoelectric actuation and energy harvesting systems;
- Reliability, durability, and performance evaluation of piezoelectric devices;
- Cross-disciplinary studies integrating actuation, sensing, and energy harvesting.
Dr. Dongmei Xu
Guest Editor
Dr. Simiao Yu
Guest Editor Assistant
Prof. Dr. Xuhui Zhang
Dr. Jianan Pan
Co-Guest Editors
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Keywords
- piezoelectric actuators
- piezoelectric energy harvesting
- smart materials
- precision positioning
- motion control
- vibration energy harvesting
- self-powered systems
- robotics
- biomedical devices
- micro-electromechanical systems (MEMSs)
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