The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Distinguished Lecturer Series presents
From Maxwell’s Displacement Current to nanogenerator: Driven self-powered sensors and systems
Dr. Zhong Lin Wang
Regents' Professor and Hightower Chair
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, United States
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
3:00-5:00pm
QNC 0101
Abstract: Dr. Zhong Lin (ZL) Wang is the Hightower Chair in Materials Science and Engineering and Regents’ Professor at Georgia Tech. He is also a member of the Beijing Institute of Nanotechnology and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Dr. Wang has made original and seminal contributions to the synthesis, discovery, characterization and understanding of fundamental physical properties of oxide nanobelts and nanowires. Their applications are in energy sciences, sensors, electronics and optoelectronics. He is a world leader in ZnO nanostructure research.
He has received numerous international honors and awards. Recently awards include the American Chemical Society Publication most prolific author and the Global Nanoenergy Prize from the NANOSMAT Society, UK. Dr. Wang’s seminal research is in over 50 media publications worldwide including CNN, BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, Discovery Magazine and Scientific America.
Dr. Wang will discuss his research into Nanogenerator driven self-powered sensors and systems.
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