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Microfiber Nanogenerator Schematic

Caption: Illustration shows the concept behind a microfiber nanogenerator. Microfibers coated with gold (yellow fibers) scrub the nanofibers that are not coated with gold (green) to produce electricity through a coupled piezoelectric-semiconductor process.

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

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