Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Materials Science and Technology have developed a flexible new material that produces electrical current during stretching and compression. Applications include pacemakers and clothing, etc. .
This effect is made possible by the piezoelectric effect, which is most common in analog recording players because it plays music by reading the groove of the record, and by the piezoelectric effect these vibrations are converted into sound-generating electricity Pulses. The process of converting mechanical motion into electrical energy is also a change in the material created by the researchers.
Not only did Dorina Opris and her colleagues create an incredible material that has broken the boundaries of what we know as the piezoelectric effect, which until now was only observed in crystals, but Opris and her team It is demonstrated that these properties can also be present in the elastic material.
Unfortunately, this exciting new material is not easy to produce.Polar nanoparticles and silica gel must be processed before they are attached.Then, a strong electric field is introduced into the thin, flexible film, The material is exposed to very hot and then very cold temperature piezoelectric effect.
This material is undoubtedly interesting, but in addition to novelty, it may also have a surprising number of unique applications because of its slim, flexible, organic features, it compared with the bulky electronic products can be more seamlessly with Human body to operate.
Because of this, it is considered for use in pressure sensors, pacemakers and other medical devices.The material can also be used in garments, control buttons, and even wearable displays that generate current through wearer motion.
