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Energy Materials: Nanoscale Characterization of Energy Generation from Piezoelectric Thin Films (Adv. Funct. Mater. 12/2011)

  1. Madhu Bhaskaran1,*,
  2. Sharath Sriram1,
  3. Simon Ruffell2,
  4. Arnan Mitchell1

Article first published online: 16 JUN 2011

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201190041

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Advanced Functional Materials

Advanced Functional Materials

Volume 21, Issue 12, page 2165, June 21, 2011

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Bhaskaran, M., Sriram, S., Ruffell, S. and Mitchell, A. (2011), Energy Materials: Nanoscale Characterization of Energy Generation from Piezoelectric Thin Films (Adv. Funct. Mater. 12/2011). Adv. Funct. Mater., 21: 2165. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201190041

Author Information

  1. 1

    Microplatforms Research Group and Platform Technologies, Research Institute, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia

  2. 2

    Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia

*Microplatforms Research Group and Platform Technologies, Research Institute, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia.

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  1. Issue published online: 16 JUN 2011
  2. Article first published online: 16 JUN 2011

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Keywords:

  • energy generation;
  • piezoelectric thin films;
  • nanoislands;
  • in situ electromechanical characterization;
  • size effects
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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.

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