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Voltage from the parquet – EurekAlert
Researchers at Empa and ETH Zurich have made wood compressible and turned it into a micro-generator. When it is loaded, an electrical voltage is generated. In this…
IMAGE: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of balsa wood (left) and delignified wood illustrate the structural changes.
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Credit: ACS Nano / Empa
Ingo Burgert and his team at Empa and ETH Zurich has proven it time and again: Wood is so much more than “just” a building material. Their research aims at extending the existing characteristics of wood in such a way that it is suitable for completely new ranges of application. For instance, they have already developed high-strength, water-repellent…
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