Charging Ahead: Revealing Secrets Of Electricity-producing Materials
Monday, July 27, 2009 - 16:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Much like humans, materials are capable of some pretty remarkable things when placed under pressure. In fact, under the right conditions, materials can even produce electricity. Driven by the vision of our society one day being basically self-propelled, scientists have set out to both amplify and provoke that potential in materials known as piezoelectrics, which naturally produce electricity when literally subjected to strain.