Swati Panda

My primary research interest focuses on developing biocompatible and biodegradable materials for fabricating various energy harvesting devices, such as piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) and triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs). These devices can harvest energy from waste mechanical energy and human motion for self-powered healthcare applications without reliance on external power sources or batteries. PENG devices use piezoelectric materials whereas TENG devices can use any material to produce electricity using triboelectricity and electrostatic induction. I am focused to develop various biomaterials like piezoelectric lead-free ceramics, piezoelectric polymers, biowaste derived materials, natural polymers, biodegradable materials, etc.

During my PhD research at DGIST, South Korea, I have developed several biocompatible and biodegradable materials-based energy harvesting devices, and implemented them in various healthcare applications such as physical health monitoring, early disease detection, biosensing. Self-powered biosensing system integrate PENGs and TENGs that detect the target molecules by using biodegradable sensor substrates to minimize the chance of contamination. I have also developed effective self-powered wound healing systems and contributed to the development of various biomedical sensors. Currently, my research focuses on developing self-powered biodegradable sensors for wearable healthcare monitoring at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.