MEMS Energy Harvesters
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2016) | Viewed by 35266
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical and RF-MEMS; power MEMS; integrated MEMS; large area MEMS; microactuators; surface micromachining; bulk micromachining
Special Issue Information
A micro energy harvester is the most vital component for self-sustained integrated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microelectronics that are expected to diffuse in high volume in the coming era of Internet-of-Things (IoT), or the so-called trillion sensors. Science on micro energy conversion, as well as design and fabrication technologies for energy harvester devices are critical to bring foreseen applications to fruition, such as wireless sensors for infrastructure monitoring and remote healthcare, and because of this, topics relevant to energy harvesters are emerging as a topic of relevance in the community of MEMS. The journal Micromachines invites manuscript submissions in the area of MEMS energy harvesters. Original papers are solicited in the following areas, without being limited to: design, fabrication and characterization technologies for energy harvester devices and their energy conversion principles, such as thermoelectric, photovoltaic, electrostatic induction, electromagnetic induction, piezoelectric, and magnetostrictive effects. Novel applications based on MEMS energy harvesters are also welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Toshiyoshi
Prof. Dr. Chang-Hyeon Ji
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Energy harvesters
- Energy conversion
- MEMS
- Wireless sensors
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