title: A flexible, stretchable and shape-adaptive approach for versatile energy conversion and self-powered biomedical monitoring.
abstract: A flexible triboelectric nanogenerator (FTENG) based on wavy-structured Kapton film and a serpentine electrode on stretchable substrates is presented. The as-fabricated FTENG is capable of harvesting ambient mechanical energy via both compressive and stretching modes. Moreover, the FTENG can be a bendable power source to work on curved surfaces; it can also be adaptively attached onto human skin for monitoring gentle body motions.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.|Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics & Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, ROC.|Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Po-Kang
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.|State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Xiuhan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Ken C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Pradel
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Yunlong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics & Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chih-I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Jr-Hau
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0245, USA.|Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Zhong Lin
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009068:Movement; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D053770:Nanowires; D018583:Pliability; D012867:Skin
keywords: bendable power sources; self-powered sensors; stretchable electronics; triboelectric nanogenerators