Self-assembly of diphenylalanine peptide with controlled polarization for power generation

Piezoelectricity in diphenylalanine peptide nanotubes (PNTs) suggests an avenue towards green piezoelectric devices. Here the authors show ‘smart’ PNTs whose polarization can be controlled with an electric field, and a resultant power generator which harvests biomechanical energy with high power den...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vu Nguyen, Ren Zhu, Kory Jenkins, Rusen Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13566