TY - CHAP AU - MickaeĢˆl Lallart AU - Pierre-Jean Cottinet AU - Jean-Fabien Capsal AU - Laurent Lebrun AU - Daniel Guyomar ED - Mickael Lallart Y1 - 2012-10-31 PY - 2012 T1 - Electrostrictive Polymers for Vibration Energy Harvesting N2 - The purpose of this book is to provide an up-to-date view of latest research advances in the design of efficient small-scale energy harvesters through contributions of internationally recognized researchers. The book covers the physics of the energy conversion, the elaboration of electroactive materials and their application to the conception of a complete microgenerator, and is organized according to the input energy source. I sincerely hope you will find this book as enjoyable to read as it was to edit, and that it will help your research and/or give new ideas in the wide field of energy harvesting. BT - Small-Scale Energy Harvesting SP - Ch. 8 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/50585 DO - 10.5772/50585 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -