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 …

[HTML][HTML] Requirements for the transfer of lead-free piezoceramics into application

J Koruza, AJ Bell, T Frömling, KG Webber, K Wang… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The recent review for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) by the
expert committee, appointed by the European Union, stated that the replacement of PZT “ …

Tailoring high-energy storage NaNbO3-based materials from antiferroelectric to relaxor states

MH Zhang, H Ding, S Egert, C Zhao, L Villa… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Reversible field-induced phase transitions define antiferroelectric perovskite oxides and lay
the foundation for high-energy storage density materials, required for future green …

Electric-field-induced antiferroelectric to ferroelectric phase transition in polycrystalline NaNbO3

MH Zhang, L Fulanović, S Egert, H Ding… - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Electric-field-induced phase transitions are the most important characteristics of
antiferroelectric materials. However, in several prototype antiferroelectrics, these transitions …

Sintering of lead-free piezoelectric sodium potassium niobate ceramics

B Malič, J Koruza, J Hreščak, J Bernard, K Wang… - Materials, 2015 - mdpi.com
The potassium sodium niobate, K0. 5Na0. 5NbO3, solid solution (KNN) is considered as one
of the most promising, environment-friendly, lead-free candidates to replace highly efficient …

Design of Lead-Free Antiferroelectric (1 – x)NaNbO3xSrSnO3 Compositions Guided by First-Principles Calculations

MH Zhang, N Hadaeghi, S Egert, H Ding… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Antiferroelectric materials exhibit a unique electric-field-induced phase transition, which
enables their use in energy storage, electrocaloric cooling, and nonvolatile memory …

Enhanced electric-field-induced strains in (K, Na) NbO3 piezoelectrics from heterogeneous structures

MH Zhang, Q Zhang, TT Yu, G Li, HC Thong, LY Peng… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Piezoelectrics exhibit mechanical strain in response to electrical stimuli and vice versa. A
high level of electric-field-induced strain with minimal hysteresis is desired for piezoelectric …

Defect-mediated domain-wall motion and enhanced electric-field-induced strain in hot-pressed K0. 5Na0. 5NbO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics

YX Liu, HC Thong, YYS Cheng, JW Li… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Since the extrinsic contribution is the key to electric-field-induced strain in ferroelectrics,
engineering the interaction between defect and domain-wall motion has been an effective …

Modified Re‐Entrant‐Like (K, Na)NbO3‐Based Relaxors with Superior Electrostrain Properties

X Wang, X Sun, Y Yang, X Hao, X Lv… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoceramics with large strain output, low hysteresis, and wide operation temperature are
indispensable for the high‐end displacement control. Unfortunately, requiring these merits …

Coexisting multi-phase and relaxation behavior in high-performance lead-free piezoceramics

X Lv, Y Ma, J Zhang, Y Liu, F Li, X Zhang, J Wu - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase boundary engineering (PBE) has remarkably enhanced the piezoelectric properties
of potassium sodium niobate {(K, Na) NbO 3, KNN} piezoceramics, yet the physical …