{"602103":{"#nid":"602103","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Novel Power Generator Tech Gains Traction","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EImagine that tiny spark that jumps from your\u0026nbsp;fingertip to a doorknob when you walk across the carpet on a cold, dry day. That\u0026#39;s the\u0026nbsp;triboelectic effect at work,\u0026nbsp;the electric charge generated by rubbing two different materials together. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nanoscience.gatech.edu\/zlwang\/wang.html\u0022\u003EZhong Lin Wang\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool\u0026nbsp;of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of\u0026nbsp;Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E is a pioneer of triboelectric generator technology that can put to use otherwise wasted mechanical energy. The hope is that the technology will be a cost effective replacement for other methods of harvesting power.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34651","created_gmt":"2018-02-07 21:44:54","changed_gmt":"2018-02-07 22:19:40","author":"mrosten3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Kausik Chakrabarti","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/williampentland\/2018\/02\/06\/novel-power-generator-tech-gains-traction\/#76387d2f7382","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","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:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Zhong%20Wang.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61174,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Zhong%20Wang.jpeg?itok=sXOIV9Zm"}}},"media_ids":["600342"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"14924","name":"Zhong Wang"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"37991","name":"triboelectric"}],"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":""}}}