Source of Sustained Voltage Difference between the Xylem of a Potted Ficus benjamina Tree and Its Soil

Christopher J. Love; Shuguang Zhang; Andreas Mershin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002963

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Source of Sustained Voltage Difference between the Xylem of a Potted Ficus benjamina Tree and Its Soil

Christopher J. Love,

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Shuguang Zhang,

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Andreas Mershin

* E-mail: mershin@mit.edu

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Source of Sustained Voltage Difference between the Xylem of a Potted Ficus benjamina Tree and Its Soil

Christopher J. Love,
Shuguang Zhang,
Andreas Mershin

Published: August 13, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002963

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Applications?

Posted by cookb on 15 Aug 2008 at 20:12 GMT

So given the low power available are there any real-world applications for this effect?

RE: Applications?

mershin replied to cookb on 27 Aug 2008 at 21:29 GMT

Indeed there seem to be a number of possible applications. For instance, see what the new startup "Voltree Power" is doing with this here: http://voltreepower.com

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