Journal article
Wireless biomechanical power harvesting via flexible magnetostrictive ribbonsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: (1) SEM cross section images of ribbons (Fig. S1), (2) flexibility of the composite material (Fig. S2), (3) MFM comparison between magnetic and non-magnetic samples (Fig. S3), (4) use of control samples to verify the origin of output current (Fig. S4), (5) output current at different distances between the sample and coils (Fig. S5), (6) extended recording of the output current from flapping (Fig. S6), and (7) a real-time video clip of power harvesting from the robot (Movie 1). See DOI: 10.1039/c4ee01033g
Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544, USA1
Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544, USA2
Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544, USA3
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544, USA4
Magnetostrictive Terfenol-D ribbons exhibiting superior magnetization values were printed onto a silicone elastomer. Deformation of the magnetostrictive ribbons alters domain orientation, which changes the magnetic flux. Interfacing the flexible magnetostrictive ribbons with a biomechanical source led to continuous sample deformations, which resulted in ‘radiating’ electromagnetic power to a remote receiver, thereby realizing wireless biomechanical power harvesting.
| Language: | Undetermined |
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| Publisher: | The Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Pages: | 2243-2249 |
| ISSN: | 17545706 and 17545692 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c4ee01033g |
