Powering In-Body Nanosensors With Ultrasounds

Donohoe, Michael and Balasubramaniam, Sasitharan and Jennings, Brendan and Jornet, J. M. (2016) Powering In-Body Nanosensors With Ultrasounds. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 15 (2). pp. 151-154. ISSN 1536-125X

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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.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: biological tissues;biomedical ultrasonics;body sensor networks;nanomedicine;nanosensors;electrical energy;embedded nanosensors;energy conversion efficiency;energy harvesting;human tissue;in-body nanosensors;medical monitoring systems;piezoelectric nanowires;ultrasonic vibrations;ultrasound frequency;ultrasound intensity;ultrasounds;Absorption;Acoustics;Energy harvesting;Force;Nanosensors;Nanowires;Ultrasonic imaging;Energy Harvesting;Nanosensors;Ultrasound;energy harvesting;ultrasound
Departments or Groups: Walton Institute for Information and Communications Systems Science
Depositing User: Michael Donohoe
Date Deposited: 20 Mar 2020 10:37
Last Modified: 20 Mar 2020 10:37
URI: https://repository.wit.ie/id/eprint/3421

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