In Vivo Powering of Pacemaker by Breathing‐Driven Implanted Triboelectric Nanogenerator. (17th July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zheng, Qiang; Shi, Bojing; Fan, Fengru; Wang, Xinxin; Yan, Ling; Yuan, Weiwei; Wang, Sihong; Liu, Hong; Li, Zhou; Wang, Zhong Lin
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 33(2014)
• Page Start: 5851
• Page End: 5856
• Publication Date: 2014-07-17
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201402064
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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