title: Self-powered nanosensors and nanosystems.
abstract: Sensor networks are a key technological and economic driver for global industries in the near future, with applications in health care, environmental monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, national security, and more. Developing technologies for self-powered nanosensors is vitally important. This paper gives a brief summary about recent progress in the area, describing nanogenerators that are capable of providing sustainable self-sufficient micro/ nanopower sources for future sensor networks.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. zlwang@gatech.edu
authors.forename: Z L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004581:Electronics; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D008628:Mercury