{"600341":{"#nid":"600341","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Triboelectrics: a new form of energy harvesting","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETriboelectrics, or contact electrification, happens when certain materials pick up electrons when they come into frictional contact with other kinds of materials. It\u0026#39;s become a nascent field of science, and analysts at IDTechEx have published a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.idtechex.com\/research\/reports\/triboelectric-energy-harvesting-teng-2017-2027-000490.asp?viewopt=showall\u0022\u003Esummary\u003C\/a\u003E of the latest work in triboelectrics. That includes nanogenerators based on ocean wave power researched by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/Wang\u0022\u003EZhong Wang\u003C\/a\u003E, an adjunct professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E. Wang is also the director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cncf.nanoscience.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Nanostructure Characterization\u003C\/a\u003E, and is the Hightower Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2018-01-03 16:56:35","changed_gmt":"2018-01-03 18:19:49","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"conservation biology","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/tech-and-science\/science\/triboelectrics-a-new-form-of-energy-harvesting\/article\/510696","dateline":{"date":"2017-12-22T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-12-22T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"600342":{"id":"600342","type":"image","title":"Zhong Lin Wang","body":null,"created":"1514998740","gmt_created":"2018-01-03 16:59:00","changed":"1518041958","gmt_changed":"2018-02-07 22:19:18","alt":"","file":{"fid":"228867","name":"Zhong Wang.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Zhong%20Wang.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Zhong%20Wang.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61174,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Zhong%20Wang.jpeg?itok=FOPpOqkF"}}},"media_ids":["600342"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"14924","name":"Zhong Wang"},{"id":"176651","name":"triboelectrics"},{"id":"176652","name":"triboelectronics"},{"id":"28271","name":"nanogenerators"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}