title: Pulse-loaded ferroelectric nanowire as an alternating current source.
abstract: The behavior of an uniaxially pulse-loaded ferroelectric nanowire is simulated using a Landau-Ginzburg type thermodynamic model. Our results show that under a load of suitable magnitude and frequency, an appropriately dimensioned ferroelectric nanowire can produce a sizable alternating current voltage, sufficient for applications as a nanopower source for energy harvesting, or as an effective nanomechanical sensor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D004553:Electric Conductivity; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry; D015233:Models, Statistical; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013718:Tensile Strength; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D007501:Iron