{"62252":{"#nid":"62252","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Z.L. Wang Creates New Logic Device Based on Piezoelectric Effect","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a \nnew class of electronic logic device in which current is switched by an \nelectric field generated by the application of mechanical strain to zinc\n oxide nanowires.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe devices, which include transistors and \ndiodes, could be used in nanometer-scale robotics, \nnano-electromechanical systems (NEMS), micro-electromechanical systems \n(MEMS) and microfluidic devices. The mechanical action used to initiate \nthe strain could be as simple as pushing a button, or be created by the \nflow of a liquid, stretching of muscles or the movement of a robotic \ncomponent.\u0026lt;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=60777\u0022\u003Eread more\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026gt;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZ.L. Wang Creates New Logic Device Based on Piezoelectric Effect\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Z.L. Wang Creates New Logic Device Based on Piezoelectric Effect"}],"uid":"27388","created_gmt":"2010-10-19 12:19:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:38","author":"Bill Miller","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1238","name":"School of Materials Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11005","name":"MSE_Internal_NEWS"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jt7\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jt7\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jt7\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}