Piezocatalytic medicine: an emerging frontier using piezoelectric materials for biomedical applications

S Chen, P Zhu, L Mao, W Wu, H Lin, D Xu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging piezocatalysts have demonstrated their remarkable application potential in
diverse medical fields. In addition to their ultrahigh catalytic activities, their inherent and …

Piezoelectric nanomaterials activated by ultrasound: the pathway from discovery to future clinical adoption

A Cafarelli, A Marino, L Vannozzi, J Puigmartí-Luis… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrical stimulation has shown great promise in biomedical applications, such as
regenerative medicine, neuromodulation, and cancer treatment. Yet, the use of electrical …

Flexible ultrasound-induced retinal stimulating piezo-arrays for biomimetic visual prostheses

L Jiang, G Lu, Y Zeng, Y Sun, H Kang, J Burford… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electronic visual prostheses, or biomimetic eyes, have shown the feasibility of restoring
functional vision in the blind through electrical pulses to initiate neural responses artificially …

Advanced energy harvesters and energy storage for powering wearable and implantable medical devices

Z Gao, Y Zhou, J Zhang, J Foroughi, S Peng… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Wearable and implantable active medical devices (WIMDs) are transformative solutions for
improving healthcare, offering continuous health monitoring, early disease detection …

An ultrasound-driven implantable wireless energy harvesting system using a triboelectric transducer

X Liu, Y Wang, G Wang, Y Ma, Z Zheng, K Fan, J Liu… - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Wireless power transfer can significantly extend the application range and service life of
implantable medical devices, such as pacemakers, neurostimulators, and vascular …

Enhanced piezoelectric and photocatalytic performance of flexible energy harvester based on CsZn0. 75Pb0. 25I3/CNC–PVDF composite nanofibers

M Venkatesan, WC Chen, CJ Cho… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of high-performance, bio-energy-harvesting and green energy production
materials remains a major objective. Perovskite quantum dots have been recently emerging …

Light‐powered microrobots: challenges and opportunities for hard and soft responsive microswimmers

AI Bunea, D Martella, S Nocentini… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide research in microrobotics has exploded in the past two decades, leading to the
development of microrobots propelled in various manners. Despite significant advances in …

Ultrasound-driven electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves based on implantable piezoelectric thin film nanogenerators

P Chen, P Wu, X Wan, Q Wang, C Xu, M Yang, J Feng… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves is a powerful tool in neuroprosthesis and
bioelectronic medicines to treat diverse clinical conditions. To achieve minimally invasive …

Emerging ultrasonic bioelectronics for personalized healthcare

L Jiang, J Wu - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging ultrasonic bioelectronics (UBEs) with wearable, implantable or highly integrated
forms enable continuous health monitoring and on-demand medical therapy at the point of …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap on nanogenerators and piezotronics

P Basset, SP Beeby, C Bowen, ZJ Chew, A Delbani… - APL materials, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) was first introduced by using piezoelectric nanowires
for converting tiny mechanical energy into electric power. 1 Research in nanogenerators has …