A piezoelectric bistable plate for nonlinear broadband energy harvesting

Abstract

Copyright by the AIP Publishing. Arrieta, A. F.; Hagedorn, P.; Erturk, A.; et al., "A piezoelectric bistable plate for nonlinear broadband energy harvesting," Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 104102 (2010); http://dx

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