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NANO LETTERS
Volume 8, Issue 9, Pages 2725-2730Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl8010484
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We demonstrate a mechanical-electrical trigger using a ZnO piezoelectric fine-wire (PFW) (microwire, nanowire). Once subjected to mechanical impact, a bent PFW creates a voltage drop across its width, with the tensile and compressive surfaces showing positive and negative voltages, respectively. The voltage and current created by the piezoelectric effect could trigger an external electronic system, thus, the impact force/pressure can be detected. The response time of the trigger/sensor is similar to 10 ms. The piezoelectric potential across the PFW has a lifetime of similar to 100 s, which is long enough for effectively gating the transport current along the wire; thus a piezoelectric field effect transistor is possible based on the piezotronic effect.
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