2016 Energy Harvester

Nanoscale domain patterns and a concept for an energy harvester

Nanoscale domain patterns and a concept for an energy harvester
Nanoscale domain patterns and a concept for an energy harvester.
Renuka Balakrishna A, Huber JE.
Smart Materials and Structures 25(10), 104001. (2016)
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Synopsis

We find that simple domain patterns with stripe-like features are stable across a wide range of externally imposed strains, and explore its application in a thin film energy harvester.