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Press Release 08-020
Remarkable New Clothing May Someday Power Your iPodĀ®

The promise of piezoelectric fiber pairs

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A scanning electron microscopy image showing piezoelectric zinc oxide nanowires

A scanning electron microscopy image shows the piezoelectric zinc oxide nanowires. The two sets of nanowires meet teeth-to-teeth, allowing the gold-coated microfibers to scrub those not coated with gold to produce electricity via a coupled piezoelectric-semiconducting process. This is the fundamental concept of a "power shirt."

Credit: Image courtesy of Z.L. Wang and X.D. Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology


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Illustration of gold-coated microfibers that scrub uncoated microfibers to generate electricity

A schematic illustration of a "bottle-brush" structure shows nanowires arranged around a fiber. Microfibers coated with gold (yellow) scrub uncoated microfibers to produce electricity via a coupled piezoelectric-semiconducting process.

Credit: Image courtesy of Z. L. Wang and X. D. Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology.


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Zhong Lin Wang, Xudong Wang and Yong Qin

The Georgia Tech research team for fiber nanogenerators: (left to right) Zhong Lin Wang, Xudong Wang and Yong Qin.

Credit: Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek


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