New fiber-type piezoelectric nanogenerator devices consisting of radially aligned perovskite PbTiO nanotubes are designed for energy harvesting from arbitrary mechanical motion. The free-standing fiber-type nanogenerators generate constant amount of electric power by bending or wind motion regardless of direction, thus, extending the possibility of their practical applications.

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