Piezotronics and piezo-phototronics for adaptive electronics and optoelectronics

Nature Reviews Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Wu, Wenzhuo ^a,b   Wang, Zhong Lin ^a,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84998895414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20588437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/natrevmats.2016.31     Document Type: Review

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