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 …

Current trends in the detection and removal of heavy metal ions using functional materials

M Li, Q Shi, N Song, Y **ao, L Wang, Z Chen… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The shortage of freshwater resources caused by heavy metal pollution is an acute global
issue, which has a great impact on environmental protection and human health. Therefore …

Self-adhesive, self-healing, biocompatible and conductive polyacrylamide nanocomposite hydrogels for reliable strain and pressure sensors

Y Li, D Yang, Z Wu, FL Gao, XZ Gao, HY Zhao, X Li… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
To realize long-term and stable applications of wearable and flexible sensors for motion
detection, health analysis and wisdom medication in harsh environments, self-healing, self …

Diagnosis of invasive fungal infections: challenges and recent developments

W Fang, J Wu, M Cheng, X Zhu, M Du, C Chen… - Journal of biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Background The global burden of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) has shown an upsurge in
recent years due to the higher load of immunocompromised patients suffering from various …

Stretchable piezoelectric biocrystal thin films

J Li, C Carlos, H Zhou, J Sui, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Stretchability is an essential property for wearable devices to match varying strains when
interfacing with soft tissues or organs. While piezoelectricity has broad application potentials …

Piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, and ferroelectricity in biomaterials and biomedical applications

X Yuan, J Shi, Y Kang, J Dong, Z Pei, X Ji - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and ferroelectric materials are considered unique biomedical
materials due to their dielectric crystals and asymmetric centers that allow them to directly …

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 …

Wearable sensors and smart devices to monitor rehabilitation parameters and sports performance: an overview

R De Fazio, VM Mastronardi, M De Vittorio, P Visconti - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
A quantitative evaluation of kinetic parameters, the joint's range of motion, heart rate, and
breathing rate, can be employed in sports performance tracking and rehabilitation …

Recent progress on structure manipulation of poly (vinylidene fluoride)‐based ferroelectric polymers for enhanced piezoelectricity and applications

L Zhang, S Li, Z Zhu, G Rui, B Du… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)‐based polymers demonstrate great potential for
applications in flexible and wearable electronics but show low piezoelectric coefficients …

Perspectives on recent advancements in energy harvesting, sensing and bio-medical applications of piezoelectric gels

T Vijayakanth, S Shankar, G Finkelstein-Zuta… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of next-generation bioelectronics, as well as the powering of consumer
and medical devices, require power sources that are soft, flexible, extensible, and even …