crystalline nanowires
Mar 14 2007, Irani

One day, changes in body blood pressure can be monitored using ‘nanowires!’ A new class of components have been created using the piezoelectric effect in semi-conducting zinc oxide nanowires.

These nanowires can detect forces as small as a few...

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