{"652516":{"#nid":"652516","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"These seaweed-inspired generators create underwater wave power","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUnder the ocean\u0026rsquo;s surface, tentacle-like stems of seaweed sway with the current\u0026nbsp;as they get tossed about by underwater waves. These movements are a physical representation of the invisible energy contained in waves, and researchers took inspiration from those motions to develop flexible generators that mimic seaweed to harvest wave energy.\u0026nbsp;For four years, the researchers tested different materials and waterproofing methods. Their work was recently published in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acsnano.1c05127\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EACS Nano\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E. The researchers include \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nanoscience.gatech.edu\/group\/Current%20Members\/Group%20Leader\/Zhong%20Lin%20Wang.php\u0022\u003EZhong Lin Wang\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Hightower Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Regents\u0026rsquo; Professor Emeritus, founding director of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Center on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,\u0026nbsp;and adjunct faculty in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-11-05 20:12:01","changed_gmt":"2021-11-05 20:12:01","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90693066\/these-seaweed-inspired-generators-create-underwater-wave-power","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-11-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"13751","name":"Zhong Lin Wang"},{"id":"189283","name":"wave energy"},{"id":"169448","name":"seaweed"}],"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":""}}}