Smart and multifunctional materials based on electroactive poly (vinylidene fluoride): recent advances and opportunities in sensors, actuators, energy, environmental …

CM Costa, VF Cardoso, P Martins, DM Correia… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
From scientific and technological points of view, poly (vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, is one of
the most exciting polymers due to its overall physicochemical characteristics. This polymer …

Nanochitin: chemistry, structure, assembly, and applications

L Bai, L Liu, M Esquivel, BL Tardy, S Huan… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chitin, a fascinating biopolymer found in living organisms, fulfills current demands of
availability, sustainability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, functionality, and renewability …

Piezoelectric nanogenerators for personalized healthcare

W Deng, Y Zhou, A Libanori, G Chen, W Yang… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of flexible piezoelectric nanogenerators has experienced rapid progress
in the past decade and is serving as the technological foundation of future state-of-the-art …

Biodegradable ferroelectric molecular crystal with large piezoelectric response

HY Zhang, YY Tang, ZX Gu, P Wang, XG Chen, HP Lv… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Transient implantable piezoelectric materials are desirable for biosensing, drug delivery,
tissue regeneration, and antimicrobial and tumor therapy. For use in the human body, they …

Natural piezoelectric biomaterials: a biocompatible and sustainable building block for biomedical devices

R Wang, J Sui, X Wang - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
The piezoelectric effect has been widely observed in biological systems, and its applications
in biomedical field are emerging. Recent advances of wearable and implantable biomedical …

Wirelessly powered electrical-stimulation based on biodegradable 3D piezoelectric scaffolds promotes the spinal cord injury repair

P Chen, C Xu, P Wu, K Liu, F Chen, Y Chen, H Dai… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
An electroactive scaffold integrated with noninvasive in vivo electrical-stimulation (ES)
capability shows great promise in the repair and regeneration of damaged tissues …

Flexible PVDF based piezoelectric nanogenerators

L Lu, W Ding, J Liu, B Yang - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Confronting the depletion of fossil energy and the pollution of chemical batteries, together
with the rapid development of various portable electronic devices and the Internet of Things …

Piezoelectric biomaterials inspired by nature for applications in biomedicine and nanotechnology

S Chen, X Tong, Y Huo, S Liu, Y Yin, ML Tan… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bioelectricity provides electrostimulation to regulate cell/tissue behaviors and functions. In
the human body, bioelectricity can be generated in electromechanically responsive tissues …

Biodegradable piezoelectric polymers: recent advancements in materials and applications

M Ali, MJ Bathaei, E Istif, SNH Karimi… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent materials, microfabrication, and biotechnology improvements have introduced
numerous exciting bioelectronic devices based on piezoelectric materials. There is an …

Electrical stimulation and piezoelectric biomaterials for bone tissue engineering applications

D Khare, B Basu, AK Dubey - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Bioelectrical phenomenon in natural bone has been well recognized for its role in bone
development and fracture healing. For example, the piezoelectricity induced modulation in …