By chemically treating wood it is possible to fabricate a nanofluidic device for generating electricity from the harvesting of ubiquitous low-grade heat.
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Venkatasubramanian, R. Power from nano-engineered wood. Nat. Mater. 18, 536–537 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0352-1
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