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Piezotronic Diode

Caption: A piezotronic diode is shown (a, c and e) in a sequence of scanning electron microscope images of bending a single zinc oxide nanowire between two probes. The graphs (b, d and f) show the corresponding current flow through the nanowire.

Credit: Image courtesy of Zhong Lin Wang

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