Balamurugan Balusamy & Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj 
Self-powered Sensors [PDF ebook] 
A Path to Wearable Electronics

Self-powered Sensors: A Path to Wearable Electronics features recent developments in chemical, photonic, pharmaceutical, microbiological, biomimetic, and bio-inspired approaches for MEMS/NEMS and medicinal self-powered sensors. Unconventional nanomaterial sensors driven by self-sufficient energy are given a contemporary review, with a focus on the categorization of energy sources and comparisons of research involving self-powered solar, piezoresistive, triboelectric, and thermodynamic technologies. This book also focuses on the different techniques, materials, comparisons of fabrication of self-powered sensors as well as thermoelectric self-powered sensors and its implantable applications.Presents state-of-the-art technologies and advancements in the design and application of self-powered sensors Examines the advantages and disadvantages of self-powered nanomaterial sensors in terms of energy collecting techniques and sensing applications Reviews the incorporation of self-operating devices and novel uses for neuromorphic sensors