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As wireless power transfer (WPT) repeaters, metasurfaces can enhance field coupling, improving the WPT operation. In this paper, we show that metasurfaces can also be used as transmitters of capacitive WPT systems. Such a metasurface-based…
Wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs) present a variety of new research challenges. Magnetic induction (MI) based transmission has been proposed to overcome the very harsh propagation conditions in underground communications in…
The extremely low efficiency is regarded as the bottleneck of Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology. To tackle this problem, either enlarging the transfer power or changing the infrastructure of WPT system could be an intuitively…
Developing low-weight, frugal and sustainable power sources for resource-limited settings appears to be a challenging proposition for the advancement of next-generation sensing devices and beyond. Here, we report the use of centimeter-sized…
Wireless energy transfer is an emerging technology that is used in networks of battery-powered devices in order to deliver energy and keep the network functional. Existing state-of-the-art studies have mainly focused on applying this…
Wireless energy transfer (WET) is emerging as an enabling green technology for Internet of Things (IoT) networks. WET allows the IoT devices to wirelessly recharge their batteries with energy from external sources such as dedicated radio…
Recent advances in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology, integrated circuits, and wireless communication have allowed the realization of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). WBANs promise unobtrusive ambulatory health…
In this paper, we propose a novel energy-efficient data collection and wireless power transfer (WPT) framework for internet of things (IoT) applications, via a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) full-duplex (FD) unmanned aerial vehicle…
Simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) is a remarkable technology to support both the data and the energy transfer in the era of Internet of Things (IoT). In this paper, we proposed a long-range optical wireless…
Modern medical wireless systems, such as wireless body area networks (WBANs), are applications of wireless networks that can be used as a tool of data transmission between patients and doctors. Accuracy of data transmission is an important…
Recent advances in wireless power transfer (WPT) technology provide a cost-effective solution to charge wireless devices remotely without disruption to the use. In this paper, we propose an efficient wireless charging control method for…
Wearable thermoelectric devices show promises to generate electricity in a ubiquitous, unintermittent and noiseless way for on-body applications. Three-dimensional thermoelectric textiles (TETs) outperform other types in smart textiles…
This paper proposes a novel metamaterial-inspired absorber designed to enhance the data rate in 52% RF to DC conversion simultaneous wireless information and power transfer system (SWIPT) through biological tissue. The proposed absorber…
Biomedical implants offer transformative tools to improve medical outcomes. To realize minimally invasive implants with miniaturized volume and weight, wireless power transfer has been extensively studied to replace bulky batteries that…
Recently, the wireless energy transfer model can be described as the Schrodinger equation [Annals of Physics, 2011, 326(3): 626-633; Annals of Physics, 2012, 327(9): 2245-2250]. Therefore, wireless energy transfer can be designed by…
In multiple-input single-output (MISO) wireless power transfer (WPT) via magnetic resonant coupling (MRC), multiple transmitters are deployed to enhance the efficiency of power transfer to the electric load at a single receiver by jointly…
Wireless power transfer (WPT) has been an active topic of research, with a number of WPT schemes implemented in the near-field (coupling) and far-field (radiation) regimes. Here, we consider a beamed WPT scheme based on a dynamically…
Focusing metasurfaces (MTSs) tailored for different power allocations in wireless power transfer (WPT) system are proposed in this letter. The designed metasurface unit cells ensure that the phase shift can cover over a 2{\pi} span with…
Integrating the wireless power transfer (WPT) technology into the wireless communication system has been important for operational cost saving and power-hungry problem solving of electronic devices. In this paper, we propose a resonant beam…
This paper proposes and implements a meter-range wireless motor drive (WMD) system for promising applications of underground pipeline transportations or in-pipe robots. To power a pipeline network beneath the earth, both the power grid and…