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Schematic Illustration of Fiber Nanogenerator

Caption: A schematic illustration of a "bottle-brush" structure shows nanowires arranged around a fiber. The relative "scrubbing" of the two brushes generates electricity.

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

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