Publications

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Journal Articles

ViPSN 2.0: A reconfigurable battery-free IoT platform for vibration energy harvesting
X. Li, M. Xiao, X. Shen, J. Chu, W. Huang, J. Li, Y. Li, M. Cai, J. Chen, X. Zhang.
IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2026).
EMetaNode: Electromechanical friction-induced metamaterial node for broadband vibration attenuation and self-powered sensing
B. Zhao, L. Di Manici, R. Ardito, E. Chatzi, A. Colombi, S. Zhu.
Journal of Sound and Vibration, 626, 119609 (2026).
A graded E-shaped piezoelectric energy harvester for ultra-broadband and high-capability energy harvesting
P. Liu, H. Xiang, B. Zhao.
Engineering Structures, 343, 121038 (2025).
Spatial and temporal characterization of living mycelium through dispersion analysis
B. Zhao, S. Ganzeboom, M. Haywood-Alexander, E. Chatzi, V. Dertimanis.
Smart Materials and Structures, 34, 125032 (2025).
A nonlinear damped metamaterial: Wideband attenuation with nonlinear bandgap and modal dissipation
B. Zhao, H. R. Thomsen, X. Pu, S. Fang, Z. Lai, B. Van Damme, A. Bergamini, E. Chatzi, A. Colombi.
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 208, 111079 (2024).
Circuit solutions towards broadband piezoelectric energy harvesting: An impedance analysis
B. Zhao, J. Qiu, J. Liang.
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (2023).
On the positive and negative damping effect of piezoelectric structure using switched-mode bidirectional energy conversion circuit
B. Zhao, S. Liu, W.-H. Liao, J. Liang.
Smart Materials and Structures, 32(1), 01LT01 (2023).
Simultaneous broadband vibration isolation and energy harvesting at low frequencies with quasi-zero stiffness and nonlinear monostability
S. Fang, K. Chen, B. Zhao, Z. Lai, S. Zhou, W.-H. Liao.
Journal of Sound and Vibration, 553, 117684 (2023).
Boundless metamaterial experimentation: Physical realization of a unidirectional virtual periodic boundary condition
H. R. Thomsen, B. Zhao, A. Colombi.
Physical Review Applied, 19(6), 064019 (2023).
Time-sharing orbit jump and energy harvesting in nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvesters using a synchronous switch circuit
B. Zhao, J. Wang, G. Hu, A. Colombi, W.-H. Liao, J. Liang.
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 200, 110601 (2023).
A graded metamaterial for broadband and high-capability piezoelectric energy harvesting
B. Zhao, H. R. Thomsen, J. M. De Ponti, E. Riva, B. Van Damme, A. Bergamini, E. Chatzi, A. Colombi.
Energy Conversion and Management, 269, 116056 (2022).
Supracellular measurement of spatially varying mechanical heterogeneities in live monolayers
A. Bermudez, Z. Gonzalez, B. Zhao, E. Salter, X. Liu, L. Ma, M. K. Jawed, C.-J. Hsieh, N. Y. C. Lin.
Biophysical Journal, 121(18), 3358–3369 (2022).
Series synchronized triple bias-flip circuit: Maximizing the usage of a single storage capacitor for piezoelectric energy harvesting enhancement
B. Zhao, K. Zhao, X. Wang, J. Liang, Z. Chen.
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 36(6), 6787–6796 (2021).
ViPSN-pluck: A transient-motion-powered motion detector
X. Li, H. Tang, G. Hu, B. Zhao, J. Liang.
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 9(5), 3372–3382 (2021).
A bidirectional energy conversion circuit toward multifunctional piezoelectric energy harvesting and vibration excitation purposes
B. Zhao, J. Wang, W.-H. Liao, J. Liang.
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 36(11), 12889–12897 (2021).
Synchronized switch piezoelectric energy harvesting using rotating magnetic ball and reed switches
Y. Gao, G. Hu, B. Zhao, K. Lv, J. Liang.
Smart Materials and Structures, 30(10), 105023 (2021).
A dual-effect solution for broadband piezoelectric energy harvesting
B. Zhao, J. Wang, J. Liang, W.-H. Liao.
Applied Physics Letters, 116(6) (2020).
New insight into piezoelectric energy harvesting with mechanical and electrical nonlinearities
J. Wang, B. Zhao, W.-H. Liao, J. Liang.
Smart Materials and Structures (2020).
Revisit of synchronized electric charge extraction (SECE) in piezoelectric energy harvesting by using impedance modeling
C. Chen, B. Zhao, J. Liang.
Smart Materials and Structures (2019).

Conference Papers

Monitoring using living materials: Mycelium-based sensing of structures
M. Haywood-Alexander, B. Zhao, V. Dertimanis, E. Chatzi.
Biologically Inspired Materials, Processes, and Systems (BIMPS) 2026, 13944, 1394402 (2026).
Electromechanical metamaterials enhanced self-powered sensing systems
B. Zhao, X. Pu.
2025 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems (SiPS), 1–5 (2025).
Fungal circuitry: Mycelium as a living sensor for smart structures
S. Ganzeboom, B. Zhao, V. Dertimanis, E. Chatzi.
Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2024, 12949, 106–115 (2024).
A nonlinear metamaterial induced by nonlinear damping effect with inertia amplifiers
B. Zhao, H. R. Thomsen, X. Pu, B. Van Damme, A. Bergamini, E. Chatzi, A. Colombi.
10th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, 1558–1564 (2023).
A bidirectional energy conversion circuit for piezoelectric energy harvesting and vibration exciting purposes
B. Zhao, J. Wang, J. Liang, W.-H. Liao.
Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems XIII, 10967, 114–121 (2019).
Orbit jumps of monostable energy harvesters by a bidirectional energy conversion circuit
J. Wang, B. Zhao, J. Liang, W.-H. Liao.
ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (2019).
On the circuit solutions towards broadband and high-capability piezoelectric energy harvesting systems
B. Zhao, J. Liang.
Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems XII, 10595, 71–78 (2018).
Phase-variable control of parallel synchronized triple bias-flips interface circuit towards broadband piezoelectric energy harvesting
B. Zhao, J. Liang, K. Zhao.
2018 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 1–5 (2018).