Duggirala R., Lal A., Radhakrishnan S. Radioisotope Thin-Film Powered Microsystems

Springer, 2010. - 232p.The text primarily discusses the radioisotope powered electromechanical micro power generators developed as part of the research, and their applications in long lifetime wireless sensors. These electromechanical micro power generators utilize very low quantities of radioisotope fuels, to minimize radiation hazard and safety concerns, and use high efficiency pulsed release of energy to amplify the low power output of low activity radioisotopes by 1000 to power microsystems. The text also introduces other micro-scale applications of radioactivity by presenting radioactivity based counting clocks.