Sharma has been working to refine his theoretical ideas for two years. His research team includes Ramanan Krishnamoorti of the UH Cullen College of Engineering, Boris Yakobson of Rice University and Zoubeida Ounaies of Texas A&M University. Krishanmoorit and Ounaies will begin putting the research to the test with the help of a $1.22 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
The real applications of this technology are going to come from the fact that you dont have to depend on existing piezoelectrics, Sharma said. You can create materials, using certain nanoscale effects, that give higher energy conversion. These are basically piezoelectrics on steroids.
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