Self-powered, flexible magnetoelectric materials and devices towards flexible electronics

Abstract

Flexible electronics have been rapidly evolving and extensively applied in diverse fields such as soft robots, bendable displays, bioinspired electronic skins, human-computer communications, etc. As for the next-generation flexible electronic devices, their notable technological trends will be more portable, wearable, stand-alone, and even implantable. In this thesis, a novel magnetoelectric strategy based on electromagnetic induction has been proposed for self-powered flexible systems. From functional materials’ Young’s modulus, a variety of flexible magnetoelectric devices with mechanoelectrical conversion capacity have been designed and fabricated by simple mold method, applying for various applications.