Creation of a power-generating, Gel Electret-based device

A power-generating, Gel Electret-based device has been created, which may be used to develop soft, lightweight wearable motion sensors for healthcare purposes.

A team of researchers from NIMS, Hokkaido University and Meiji Pharmaceutical University has developed a gel electret capable of stably retaining a large electrostatic charge. The team then combined this gel with highly flexible electrodes to create a sensor capable of perceiving low-frequency vibrations (e.g., vibrations generated by human motion) and converting them into output voltage signals. This device may potentially be used as a wearable healthcare sensor.

The complete press release is available on the NIMS website, and can also be downloaded as a PDF.

Contacts

(Regarding this research)

Takashi Nakanishi

Group Leader

Frontier Molecules Group

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

National Institute for Materials Science

Tel: +81-29-860-4740

Email: NAKANISHI.Takashi[at]nims.go.jp

URL: https://www.nims.go.jp/funct_mol_g/

(For general inquiries)

Public Relations Office

National Institute for Materials Science

Tel: +81-29-859-2026

Fax: +81-29-859-2017

Email: pressrelease[at]ml.nims.go.jp

Sohail Keegan Pinto (International Public Relations Specialist)

Public Relations & Communications Division

Office of Public Relations and Social Collaboration

Hokkaido University

Tel: +81-11-706-2186

Email: en-press[at]general.hokudai.ac.jp

Yasuhiro Takahashi
Public Relations Division

Meiji Pharmaceutical University

Tel: +81-42-495-8615

Email: koho[at]my-pharm.ac.jp