With the fast development of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the last 30 years,
semiconductor nanowires have been widely investigated in the areas of both electronics …

Vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) has played important roles in lithium‐ion batteries due to its
unique crystalline structure. To assist researchers understanding the roles this material …

Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have been studied extensively for over two decades for
their novel electronic, photonic, thermal, electrochemical and mechanical properties. This …

Pressures generated by external forces or by internal body processes represent parameters
of critical importance in diagnosing physiological health and in anticipating injuries …

Electrochemical energy storage has become a key part of portable medical and electronic
devices, as well as ground and aerial vehicles. Unfortunately, conventionally produced …

Abstract One-dimensional (1D) ZnO nanostructures have been studied intensively and
extensively over the last decade not only for their remarkable chemical and physical …

Abstract 2014/2015 represents the tenth anniversary of modern graphene research. Over
this decade, graphene has proven to be attractive for thin-film transistors owing to its …

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 …

Due to the polarization of ions in a crystal that has non-central symmetry, a piezoelectric
potential (piezopotential) is created in the crystal by applying a stress. For materials such as …

We report here a simple and effective approach, named scalable swee**-printing-method,
for fabricating flexible high-output nanogenerator (HONG) that can effectively harvesting …