Powering In-Body Nanosensors With Ultrasounds

Michael Donohoe; Sasitharan Balasubramaniam; Brendan Jennings; Josep Miquel Jornet

doi:10.1109/TNANO.2015.2509029

Powering In-Body Nanosensors With Ultrasounds

Michael Donohoe, Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Brendan Jennings, Josep Miquel Jornet

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Abstract

Embedded nanosensors will be a key feature of emerging medical monitoring systems. Power for these sensors could be harvested from ultrasonic vibrations generated by portable miniature sources and converted to electrical energy by piezoelectric nanowires. This letter analyzes the frequency and intensity of ultrasounds required to power an embedded nanosensor subject to medical safety limits, absorption by human tissue and reflection from interfaces. We calculate input and output power at different levels of energy conversion efficiency. Our analysis suggests that ultrasounds can be a viable source for energy harvesting of in-body nanosensors.

Original language	English
Article number	7358144
Pages (from-to)	151-154
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNANO.2015.2509029
Publication status	Published - Mar 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Energy Harvesting
Nanosensors
Ultrasound

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