Vishwas N Bedekar
Middle Tennessee State University, USA
Title: Design and development of nanoscale materials for sensing and energy harvesting applications
Biography
Biography: Vishwas N Bedekar
Abstract
Advances in wireless sensors technology have enabled high-effi ciency low power sensors that can be remotely controlled for better prognosis of structural health. In order to signifi cantly reduce power consumption, the bottom-up approach is required to build the sensors and harvesters. Nanoscale carbon-based materials were used as substrates to build piezoelectric and magnetoelectric multifunctional materials and devices. In this study, we present their synthesis techniques, its challenges as well as proposed solutions. Microstructural characterization was performed using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and energy dispersive
spectrum analysis. We will give an overview of various material candidates, their advances as well as synthesis techniques and material properties along with proposed device structures.