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Energy Materials: Nanoscale Characterization of Energy Generation from Piezoelectric Thin Films (Adv. Funct. Mater. 12/2011)
Author(s) -
Bhaskaran Madhu,
Sriram Sharath,
Ruffell Simon,
Mitchell Arnan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201190041
Subject(s) - materials science , nanoindenter , characterization (materials science) , piezoelectricity , nanoscopic scale , thin film , nanometre , energy harvesting , micrometer , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , nanogenerator , energy (signal processing) , composite material , optics , nanoindentation , statistics , physics , mathematics
A nanoindenter tip, as a tool to characterize electrical energy generation from piezoelectric thin films, is presented by Madhu Bhaskaran and co‐workers on page 2251 . For the first time, such direct interactions at the nanometer scale are used for controlled in situ characterization of the voltage and current generation of piezoelectric thin films. Quantitative results demonstrate that nanopatterning yields an improved materials platform for integrated micrometer‐scale energy‐harvesting systems.