Engineering of triboelectric-nanogenerator powered devices and lab-on-a-chip devices for biological applications

• Main Author: Yang, Guang
• Other Authors: Yong Ken Tye
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Applications of electronics; Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137209
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The contact electrification is the phenomenon that when two different materials come into contact through friction, their surfaces become oppositely charged. Triboelectric-nanogenerator (TENG) was invented based on this phenomenon to effectively harness ambient mechanical energy that is omnipresent...