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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 133 - 134 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.47
Subject Categories: Electronic properties and devices | Nanomaterials | Nanosensors and other devices
Energetic materials: Flexible approach pays off
Thomas Thundat1
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Thomas Thundat is at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.
e-mail: thundattg@ornl.gov
Abstract
Researchers have managed to extract electrical energy from environmental noise by exploiting the piezoelectric properties of zinc oxide nanowires with a device that could herald a new generation of local power sources.
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