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As users, we require more and more reliable and longer operation of electronic devices. Most often, the efforts of scientists and engineers related to energy management, energy conversion, and energy storage are overlooked. The PowerMEMS slogan in its meaning hides the science of materials enabling the construction of modern accumulators and batteries, so important for the developing consumer electronics and electromobility; energy harvesters used wherever conventional power sources cannot be used; and finally the methods and algorithms of energy processing and management that increase the efficiency of the devices they operate. This Special Issue contains six research papers selected from those presented at the 19th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (Power MEMS 2019), as and representative of all papers presented during the Conference.

History of engineering & technology --- coils --- wireless power transfer --- electrically small antennas --- e-textiles --- internet of things --- wireless energy harvesting --- thermoelectrics --- GeTe --- LiI as dopant --- enhanced power factor --- suppressed thermal transport --- triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) --- mechanical energy harvesting --- single-electrode --- tapping --- flexibility --- porous/rough PDMS --- parylene C --- hermetic packaging --- IoT --- MEMS --- microbattery --- battery --- harvester --- tracker --- wildlifetracking --- heat flux --- thermal resistance --- thermal conductance --- thermal energy harvesting --- endothermic animal --- fur --- 3D printing --- energy harvester

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Neural electrodes enable the recording and stimulation of bioelectrical activity in the nervous system. This technology provides neuroscientists with the means to probe the functionality of neural circuitry in both health and disease. In addition, neural electrodes can deliver therapeutic stimulation for the relief of debilitating symptoms associated with neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and may serve as the basis for the restoration of sensory perception through peripheral nerve and brain regions after disease or injury. Lastly, microscale neural electrodes recording signals associated with volitional movement in paralyzed individuals can be decoded for controlling external devices and prosthetic limbs or driving the stimulation of paralyzed muscles for functional movements. In spite of the promise of neural electrodes for a range of applications, chronic performance remains a goal for long-term basic science studies, as well as clinical applications. New perspectives and opportunities from fields including tissue biomechanics, materials science, and biological mechanisms of inflammation and neurodegeneration are critical to advances in neural electrode technology. This Special Issue will address the state-of-the-art knowledge and emerging opportunities for the development and demonstration of advanced neural electrodes.

n/a --- closed-loop --- in vivo imaging --- education --- thermoresistance --- neural probe --- electroless plating --- neural stimulation and recording --- peripheral nerve stimulation --- shape-memory-polymer --- artifact --- sensor interface --- magnetic coupling --- neuroprosthetics --- intracortical implant --- µECoG --- neural interfaces --- implantable --- electrochemistry --- shape memory polymer --- neuroscience --- micromachine --- microelectromechanical systems --- stiffness --- Parylene C --- intracranial electrodes --- chronic implantation --- neural interfacing --- microelectrodes --- multiplexing --- microstimulators --- freely-behaving --- windowed integration sampling --- system-on-chip --- brain-machine interfaces --- insertion force --- microelectrode array --- vagus nerve --- diversity --- micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technologies --- mixed-signal feedback --- temperature monitoring --- foreign body reaction --- peripheral nerves --- brain–computer interface --- multi-disciplinary --- neurotechnology --- photolithography --- micro-electrocorticography --- robust microelectrode --- conscious recording --- electrode array --- dopamine --- softening --- sciatic nerve --- bio-inspired --- neural prostheses --- neuroscientific research --- bidirectional --- LED chip --- microfluidic device --- electrode–tissue interface --- impedance --- intracortical --- silicon carbide --- three-dimensional --- bias --- micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) --- silicon neural probes --- electrode degradation --- chronic --- microelectrode --- biocompatibility --- optogenetics --- fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV) --- glial encapsulation --- deep brain stimulation --- electrocorticography --- electrophysiology --- fast scan cyclic voltammetry --- precision medicine --- microfabrication --- BRAIN Initiative --- polymer --- magnetic resonance imaging --- polymer nanocomposite --- liquid crystal elastomer --- silicon probe --- training --- tissue response --- graphene --- electrode --- glassy carbon electrode --- immune response --- electrode implantation --- dextran --- immunohistochemistry --- neural interface response --- amorphous silicon carbide --- Utah electrode arrays --- neural amplifier --- neural electrode array --- neuromodulation --- in vivo electrophysiology --- neuronal recordings --- neural recording --- ECoG --- gene modification --- neural interface --- wireless --- enteric nervous system --- cellulose nanocrystals --- brain-computer interface --- electrode-tissue interface