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Material · material:zinc-oxide

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires

Piezoelectric semiconductor used in the first nanogenerators.

Atlas record: 1 claim references this material — 1 established.

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conditions: solid · semiconductor required · non-centrosymmetric crystal required
1claims0enumerated routes0routes with complete-composition evidence0candidate routes not searched2cited sources

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observed in · 1
Direct piezoelectric effect—observed in→Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowiresestablished

Cited sources · 2

  1. [1]
    Z. L. Wang, J. Song. Piezoelectric nanogenerators based on zinc oxide nanowire arrays (2006)
    Science 312, 242–246 · doi:10.1126/science.1124005 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    A. Erturk, D. J. Inman. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting (2011)
    Wiley · doi:10.1002/9781119991151 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

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