Researchers create wind-powered mechanoluminescent lighting material
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 10:20
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at South Korea's Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology has created an elastic-mechanoluminescent material that emits light when exposed to wind. At high wind speeds, the material has been shown able to emit light equivalent to a computer screen.