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Nonlinear Dynamics, Materials and Integrated Devices for Energy Harvesting in Wearable Sensors

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Abstract

Several kinds of energy are available in the environment such as sunlight power, thermal gradients, wind, rain, tides, acoustic, and mechanical vibrations. This energy can be exploited to power electronic devices by means of suitable conversion mechanisms. Specifically, in the case of wearable device the need for onsite energy production emerges for the sake of both battery recharge and powering of sensors and electronics.

In this chapter a review of power harvesting methodology is presented along with two examples of devices implementing advanced energy harvesting.

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    Bruno Andò, Salvatore Baglio & Carlo Trigona

  2. Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, Brescia, Italy

    Marco Ferrari & Vittorio Ferrari

  3. INFN Sezione di Perugia, Via A. Pascoli, 1, 06100, Perugia, Italy

    Luca Gammaitoni

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Andò, B., Baglio, S., Ferrari, M., Ferrari, V., Gammaitoni, L., Trigona, C. (2010). Nonlinear Dynamics, Materials and Integrated Devices for Energy Harvesting in Wearable Sensors. In: Lay-Ekuakille, A., Mukhopadhyay, S.C. (eds) Wearable and Autonomous Biomedical Devices and Systems for Smart Environment. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 75. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15687-8_5

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