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A Fluidic Vibrational Energy Harvester for Implantable Medical Device Applications
Author(s) -
INOUE SATOSHI,
TAKAHASHI TAKUYA,
KUMEMURA MOMOKO,
ISHIBASHI KAZUNORI,
FUJITA HIROYUKI,
HASHIGUCHI GEN,
TOSHIYOSHI HIROSHI
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
electronics and communications in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.131
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1942-9541
pISSN - 1942-9533
DOI - 10.1002/ecj.12035
Subject(s) - polydimethylsiloxane , energy harvesting , fluidics , microfluidics , electrical engineering , electret , electric potential energy , microelectromechanical systems , heart beat , energy (signal processing) , materials science , optoelectronics , biomedical engineering , engineering , nanotechnology , physics , medicine , quantum mechanics , composite material
SUMMARY In this paper, we report on a proof‐of‐concept level energy harvester device that could earn electric power of 0.093 μW/cm 2 by the fluidic motion in a polydimethylsiloxane microfluidic channel placed on a silicon substrate with built‐in permanent electrical charges or so‐called electrets. Targeting implantable medical devices such as respiratory pacemaker, the heart beat or aspiration is thought to be the source of motion as a final shape of the energy harvesting system.