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Nanowires: Scalable Synthesis of Morphotropic Phase Boundary Lead Zirconium Titanate Nanowires for Energy Harvesting (Adv. Mater. 45/2014)
Author(s) -
Zhou Zhi,
Tang Haixiong,
Sodano Henry A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201470306
Subject(s) - materials science , nanowire , phase boundary , piezoelectricity , hydrothermal circulation , nanocomposite , lead titanate , nanoscopic scale , zirconium , nanotechnology , phase (matter) , nanogenerator , energy harvesting , ferroelectricity , composite material , optoelectronics , chemical engineering , energy (signal processing) , metallurgy , dielectric , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , statistics , mathematics
Piezoelectric nanocomposites are mechanically robust and flexible, and can be utilized in harvesting energy from the environment and sensing at the nanoscale. On page 7547, H. A. Sodano and co‐workers demonstrate a high‐efficiency and low‐cost hydrothermal method to grow piezoelectric lead zirconium titanate nanowires at the morphotropic phase boundary. These nanowires are an excellent candidate for energy‐harvesting and sensing devices due to their increased performance over existing piezoelectric nanowires.