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Designable heteronanocrystals via interface redox reaction
The synergistic interaction of different components in heteronanocrystals induces interfacial phenomena and novel functionalities. Nonetheless, effective technologies to design and fabricate heteronanocrystals...
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Open AccessMolecular engineering of piezoelectricity in collagen-mimicking peptide assemblies
Realization of a self-assembled, nontoxic and eco-friendly piezoelectric device with high-performance, sensitivity and reliability is highly desirable to complement conventional inorganic and polymer based mat...
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Sulfide synergistic electrochemical activity for high-performance alkaline rechargeable microbatteries
Alkaline rechargeable microbatteries have attracted considerable and sustained attention in recent years. However, the complicated fabrication process and the limited specific capacitance of electrodes are sti...
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Open AccessCore-Shell Fiber-Based 2D Woven Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Effective Motion Energy Harvesting
Personal electronic devices have a general development trend of miniaturization, functionality, and wearability. Their wireless, sustainable, and independent operation is critically important, which requests n...
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Closure
We have discussed the fundamentals of the new piezotronic effect and some novel sensing applications. The piezotronic effect provides a novel approach for modulating junction properties through mechanical stim...
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Introduction to the Piezotronic Effect and Sensing Applications
The piezoelectric effect enables the direct energy conversion between mechanical and electrical energies. Piezoelectric materials have been used in actuators, transducers, and sensors in wide ranges of applica...
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Ultra-Sensitive Strain/Stress Sensing
A high performance of strain senor can be designed based on piezotronic effect. Compared to traditional strain sensor, piezotronic strain sensors made of piezotronic nanowire have their unique features. For ex...
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Piezotronic Effect in a Zinc Oxide Nanowire
In previous chapters, we discussed the material preparation for the piezotronic strain/stress sensors. This chapter focuses on the sensing mechanism. Different types of strain/stress sensors have been invented...
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Alignment and Transfer of Nanowires in a Spinning Langmuir Film
Organization of a large number of nanowires is an important aspect in the fabrication of integrated piezotronic strain sensors. A good arrangement of a nanowire array makes it easier to do electrode deposition...
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Growth of Uniform Nanowires with Orientation Control
ZnO is a piezoelectric material and a wide bandgap semiconductor and has been studied for a long time. Over the last decade, its various nanostructures were synthesized, such as wires, belts, rings, springs, c...
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Open AccessSelf-assembly of diphenylalanine peptide with controlled polarization for power generation
Peptides have attracted considerable attention due to their biocompatibility, functional molecular recognition and unique biological and electronic properties. The strong piezoelectricity in diphenylalanine pe...
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Piezoelectric Nanomaterials for Energy Harvesting
have many important and unique properties which make them suitable for a wide range of applications including consumer goods, motor vehicles, medical devices and scientific instrumentation. Vibrations, biom...
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Self-powered nanowire devices
The harvesting of mechanical energy from ambient sources could power electrical devices without the need for batteries. However, although the efficiency and durability of harvesting materials such as piezoelec...
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Power generation with laterally packaged piezoelectric fine wires
Converting mechanical energy into electricity could have applications in sensing, medical science, defence technology and personal electronics1, and the ability of nanowires to ‘scavenge’ energy from ambient and ...
