mechanical energy

Elastic Metasurfaces: Unlocking the Potential of Bound States in the Continuum

Badreddine Assouar, Professor, Director of Research at French National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), University of Lorraine (UL), France

Nov 19, 14:00 - 15:00

B1 R4214

elastic waves mechanical energy elastic metasurfaces Metasurfaces bound states

This talk will briefly introduce the main mechanisms that generate elastic elastic bound states in the continuum (BICs) and show how slight symmetry breaking converts them into quasi-BICs with controllable radiation leakage.

An origami 'slinky' that harvests incidental energy

1 min read · Sat, Apr 25 2015

Nanogenerators sensors mechanical energy

Lightweight and low-cost device uses friction inside paper-based coils to transform mechanical motion into electricity.