Triggering piezoelectricity directly by heat to produce alternating electric voltage

Theoretical study on the top- and enclosed-contacted single-layer MoS2 piezotronic transistors

(2016) Wei Liu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

High-sensitivity acoustic sensors from nanofibre webs

(2016) Chenhong Lang et al.   Nature Communications

Temperature-feedback upconversion nanocomposite for accurate photothermal therapy at facile temperature

(2016) Xingjun Zhu et al.   Nature Communications

Graphene as a Massless Electrode for Ultrahigh-Frequency Piezoelectric Nanoelectromechanical Systems

(2015) Zhenyun Qian et al.   NANO LETTERS

Conjunction of standing wave and resonance in asymmetric nanowires: a mechanism for thermal rectification and remote energy accumulation

(2015) Yue-Yang Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Nanogenerators and piezotronics

(2015) Zhong Lin Wang et al.   Nano Energy

High-performance hybrid cell based on an organic photovoltaic device and a direct current piezoelectric nanogenerator

(2015) Gyu Cheol Yoon et al.   Nano Energy

Transparent flexible stretchable piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators for powering portable electronics

(2015) Keun Young Lee et al.   Nano Energy

Taking the Temperature of the Interiors of Magnetically Heated Nanoparticles

(2014) Juyao Dong et al.   ACS Nano

Flexible Inorganic Piezoelectric Acoustic Nanosensors for Biomimetic Artificial Hair Cells

(2014) Hyun Soo Lee et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

An important mechanism for thermal rectification in graded nanowires

(2014) Yue-Yang Liu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

New Ab Initio Based Pair Potential for Accurate Simulation of Phase Transitions in ZnO

(2014) Shuaiwei Wang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Thermoplasmonics: Quantifying Plasmonic Heating in Single Nanowires

(2014) Joseph B. Herzog et al.   NANO LETTERS

Piezoelectricity of single-atomic-layer MoS2 for energy conversion and piezotronics

(2014) Wenzhuo Wu et al.   NATURE

Creation of skyrmions and antiskyrmions by local heating

(2014) Wataru Koshibae et al.   Nature Communications

Unidirectional High-Power Generation via Stress-Induced Dipole Alignment from ZnSnO3Nanocubes/Polymer Hybrid Piezoelectric Nanogenerator

(2013) Keun Young Lee et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Local Heating with Lithographically Fabricated Plasmonic Titanium Nitride Nanoparticles

(2013) Urcan Guler et al.   NANO LETTERS

Mapping of strain–piezopotential relationship along bent zinc oxide microwires

(2013) Dalong Geng et al.   Nano Energy

Flexible Fiber Nanogenerator with 209 V Output Voltage Directly Powers a Light-Emitting Diode

(2012) Long Gu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Thermal Rectification in Three-Dimensional Asymmetric Nanostructure

(2012) Jonghoon Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

Replacing a Battery by a Nanogenerator with 20 V Output

(2011) Youfan Hu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Giant Piezoelectric Size Effects in Zinc Oxide and Gallium Nitride Nanowires. A First Principles Investigation

(2011) Ravi Agrawal et al.   NANO LETTERS

Individual GaN Nanowires Exhibit Strong Piezoelectricity in 3D

(2011) Majid Minary-Jolandan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Light and thermal energy cell based on carbon nanotube films

(2010) Venu Kotipalli et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Piezoelectric Ribbons Printed onto Rubber for Flexible Energy Conversion

(2010) Yi Qi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Direct-Write Piezoelectric Polymeric Nanogenerator with High Energy Conversion Efficiency

(2010) Chieh Chang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Self-powered nanowire devices

(2010) Sheng Xu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Optimized Tersoff and Brenner empirical potential parameters for lattice dynamics and phonon thermal transport in carbon nanotubes and graphene

(2010) L. Lindsay et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Piezoelectric-nanowire-enabled power source for driving wireless microelectronics

(2010) Sheng Xu et al.   Nature Communications

Finite element method calculations of ZnO nanowires for nanogenerators

(2008) M. A. Schubert et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Microfibre–nanowire hybrid structure for energy scavenging

(2008) Yong Qin et al.   NATURE

Power generation with laterally packaged piezoelectric fine wires

(2008) Rusen Yang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology